moonshiner

Example Sentences

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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

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

The series’ great second season featured Margo Martindale’s ruthless moonshiner Mags Bennett as Raylan’s season-long antagonist, and established the sort of heft and pathos Justified could bring to its bad guys.

From Slate • Jan. 20, 2015

I've thought of that, but made up my mind that so far the moonshiner can have no suspicion who Bob is.

From The Boy Scouts in the Blue Ridge Marooned Among the Moonshiners by Carter, Herbert