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moonshiner

noun

Etymology

From moonshine + -er.

  1. inherited from mone schyne
  2. suffixed as moonshiner — “moonshine + er”

Definitions

  1. Someone who makes or distributes moonshine (illicit alcohol).

    • Near-synonyms: bootlegger; rum-runner
    • Ness was assigned to track down moonshiners, then accepted the position of public safety director in Cleveland — not the stuff of a two-fisted series about G-men taking on the Mafia and various crazed outlaws of the period.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA