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moonshiner

[moon-shahy-ner] / ˈmunˌʃaɪ nər /
NOUN
bootlegger
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Allowing the plants to seed has enabled the survival of the extremely rare Wormwood moonshiner beetle, which eats the seeds.

From BBC ● Feb. 3, 2021

An Air Force officer asks his twin cousin’s moonshiner father to give up land for a missile base.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2019

An exchange follows between my friend and the moonshiner that reveals some confusion with my question or its translation.

From Slate ● Mar. 6, 2018

There are a lot of theories about the story behind Star Wars: The Force Awakens, but it’s unlikely that any of them revolve around a bluegrass band, a debutante, or a renegade moonshiner.

From Time ● Dec. 4, 2015

Some flying rumor had doubtless come to his ears, how credible, how unimpugnable, the moonshiner could not tell.

From The Mystery of Witch-Face Mountain and Other Stories by Mary Noailles Murfree


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