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Definition of Moonlighters
1. moonlighter [n] - See also: moonlighter
Lexicographical Neighbors of Moonlighters
Literary usage of Moonlighters
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ireland Under Coercion: The Diary of an American by William Henry Hurlbert (1888)
"... on any of the forthcoming Sundays, take good care you '11 stand up very politely
and walk out. Don't be under the impression that all the moonlighters ..."
2. Diary of the Parnell Commission by John Macdonald (1890)
"He joined the moonlighters' society in 1880, and he declared that the ... This man
told me, he continued, that the " moonlighters were the support of the ..."
3. Parnellism and Crime by James Hannen Hannen (1889)
"You have mentioned that some of these men were moonlighters ; except moonlighters,
do you recollect any other name being given to members of the society ? ..."
4. Haydn's Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information Relating to All Ages by Joseph Haydn, Benjamin Vincent (1889)
"Two women shot by moonlighters for refusing to give up arms afc a farm near
Williamstown, Cork, Plans of organization (termed ..."
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