moonshiner
/ˈmunˌʃaɪnər/
noun
- A person who makes or sells illegal alcoholic liquor, especially in a homemade still.
- My great-grandfather was a moonshiner during Prohibition, making whiskey in the mountains.
- The old moonshiner hid his still deep in the forest to avoid the police.
- The movie tells the story of a moonshiner who outruns federal agents in his souped-up car.
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