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Definition of Moonshining
1. n. Illicit distilling.
Definition of Moonshining
1. Noun. (context: informal US) Illicit production and distribution of liquor. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Moonshining
1. moonshine [v] - See also: moonshine
Lexicographical Neighbors of Moonshining
Literary usage of Moonshining
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Republican Campaign Text Book for 1880 by Republican Congressional Committee (1880)
"... their bloody murders—Official vigor diminishes moonshining — Hancock's nomination
Increases it again. The open defiance of the excise laws of the United ..."
2. Federal Finances: Or, The Income of the United States by William E. Burke (1891)
"... are hard to get at, and the government has spent many thousands of dollars in
attempting to suppress moonshining in the South. ..."
3. The Year Book of the United States Brewers' Association by United States Brewers' Association (1916)
"Twenty years ago "moonshining" was a sort of sporadic affair between neighbors.
... I will ask you to note this, that the "moonshining," to the extent to ..."
4. The Year Book of the United States Brewers' Association by United States Brewers' Association (1911)
"SUPPRESSED effectively for a long period, "moonshining" in Alabama, ...
"moonshining," complains United States Commissioner of Internal Revenue Royal E. ..."
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