moonshine

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

A matter or mouthful of moonshine; a trifle, nothing. The white brandy smuggled on the coasts of Kent and Sussex, and the gin in the north of Yorkshire, are also called moonshine.

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