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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

... she said, going out to the slope full under the moonshine. She lay motionless, with wide-open eyes looking at the moon. He came direct to her, without preliminaries. She held him pinned down at the chest, awful. The fight, the struggle for consummation was ...

— The Rainbow • D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

... move, for he started up from where his head had been lying on Jem's knees, and the poor fellow smiled at him in the broad morning sunshine. Sunshine, and not moonshine; and Don stared. "Why, Jem," he said, "have I ...

— The Adventures of Don Lavington - Nolens Volens • George Manville Fenn

... natural philosophy, and all the knowledge he was enabled to obtain from his teachers was of very little service to him. To add to this, whenever he mentioned his hopes to his parents, they laughed at him, and bade him attend to his studies and let such moonshine thoughts alone—still he persevered, though secretly, and he met with the success ...

— The History and Practice of the Art of Photography • Henry H. Snelling

... benshie[obs3], Ormuzd; Oberon, Mab, hamadryad[obs3], naiad, mermaid, kelpie[obs3], Ondine, nixie, sprite; denizens of the air; pixy &c. (bad spirit) 980. mythology; heathen-mythology, fairy-mythology; Lempriere, folklore. Adj. god-like, fairy-like; sylph-like; sylphic[obs3]. Phr. "you moonshine revelers and ...

— Roget's Thesaurus

... was sure in my mind that I would get that ship—a time when there was no longer zest in praying for it; and there entered into my praying phrases of gratitude instead of request. There came also a time when I confided this assurance to my closest friend, to whom it was all moonshine. He laughed and poked fun at the idea. It became a barrack-room joke and ...

— From the Bottom Up - The Life Story of Alexander Irvine • Alexander Irvine

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