moonlighter

Example Sentences

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Even though he is president of the nation's largest bank holding corporation and earns $100,000 a year, Maurice Stans is a moonlighter.

From Time Magazine Archive

Doing films as a kind of part-time moonlighter, she has become a movie star in spite of herself.

From Time Magazine Archive

"A moonlighter is one who shoots an oil well regardless of patent rights or those owning them, save when, by chance, he finds himself gathered in by the strong arm of the law."

From Ralph Gurney's Oil Speculation by Otis, James

And that kink should be now, no doubt, the lawful property of some ruffianly cattle-houghing moonlighter, whose nose—which should have been mine—is probably as straight as Barty's.

From The Martian by Du Maurier, George

But if Bob's hopes of striking a big well had been dependent upon catching the thieves before the next night, he would never have made a success in the oil region, save as a moonlighter.

From Ralph Gurney's Oil Speculation by Otis, James