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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

I let every man choose his callin’, but I don’t choose to be no moonshiner, and ef you boys is wise you’ll say the same.”

From Judith of the Cumberlands by MacGowan, Alice




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