Moonshine

·noun The light of the moon.

II. Moonshine ·noun A Month.

III. Moonshine ·noun A preparation of eggs for food.

IV. Moonshine ·adj Moonlight.

V. Moonshine ·add. ·adj Empty; trivial; idle.

VI. Moonshine ·noun Hence, show without substance or reality.

VII. Moonshine ·add. ·noun Liquor smuggled or illicitly distilled.

VIII. Moonshine ·add. ·adj Designating, or pertaining to, illicit liquor; as, moonshine whisky.

moonshine
A matter or mouthful of moonshine; a trifle, nothing. The white brandy smuggled on the coasts of Ken...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
moonshine
A trifle; nothing.--Grose. The story of the Queen of Spain's secret marriage to her cousin, appears...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
moonshine
Illicit hollands, schiedam, and indeed smuggling in general; excused as a matter of moonshine. A mer...

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