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/mˈunʃˌaɪn/ Listen

noun

Moonshine n.

The light of the moon.

Hence, show without substance or reality.

A month. (R.)

A preparation of eggs for food. (Obs.)

Liquor smuggled or illicitly distilled, especially liquor distilled illegally in rural parts of the southern U. S. (Dial. Eng., & Colloq. or Slang, U. S.)

adjective

Moonshine adj.

Moonlight. (R.)

Empty; trivial; idle.

Designating, or pertaining to, illicit liquor; as, moonshine whisky. (Dial. Eng., & Colloq. or Slang, U. S.)

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Etymology of 'Moonshine'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Moonshine" Quotes from Famous Books

... turned, and taking the bridle of the burra gently in his hand, stopped her. I had now a full view of his face and figure, and those huge features and Herculean form still occasionally revisit me in my dreams. I see him standing in the moonshine, staring me in the face with his deep calm eyes. ...

— The Bible in Spain • George Borrow

... rouse in him the least suspicion: how could he suspect one so innocent and troubled for the avenging genius through whom Tommy's white face lay upturned to the white moon! Her egg-shells lay scattered, each a ghastly point in the moonshine, each a silent witness to the deed that had been done. Tommy scattered and forgot them; the moon gathered and noted them. But they told Clare nothing, either of Tommy's behaviour or ...

— A Rough Shaking • George MacDonald

... does come, and again and again. By degrees, though she comes to you only at night, when the outhouse is dark, or lighted only by the stars or the moonshine, you learn exactly what the Lady ...

— The Dop Doctor • Clotilde Inez Mary Graves

... had an extraordinary and ludicrous experience with a lost person, though at the time it seemed only exasperating. I had stepped outside my cabin to drink in the "moonshine" on my superb outlook. Across the valley, as clearly as in daylight. Long's Peak and its neighbors stood out. The little meadow brook shimmered like a silver ribbon. I walked out to Cabin Rock, a thousand feet above the valley, ...

— A Mountain Boyhood • Joe Mills

... to her, terrible question, a singular serenity possessed her. It was as if she had heard a voice saying "Peace, be still!" She thought it was the calm of nature,—the high tide breaking gently on the shingle with a low murmur, the soft warmth, the full moonshine, the sound of the fishermen's voices calling faintly on the horizon,—and still more, the sense of divine care and knowledge, and the sweet conviction that One, mighty to help and to save, was her Father and her Friend. For a little space she walked abreast of angels. So many things ...

— A Knight of the Nets • Amelia E. Barr

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