| 单词 | moonshiner | 
| 释义 | moonshinern.ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > manufacture of alcoholic drink > distilling > 			[noun]		 > illicit distilling > illicit distiller moonshiner1860 poteen-maker1893 1860    A. Strickland Old Friends 31  				The moonshiners had no cargo to defend.  2.  North American colloquial. A distiller of illicit liquor. ΚΠ 1877    N.Y. Evening Post 15 June 3/7  				Nelson County, Kentucky, is the home of the ‘Moonshiner’—that is, the manufacturer of illicit whiskey. 1892    Pall Mall Gaz. 8 Mar. 7/3  				A Knoxville (Tenn.) telegram..says:—A desperate fight has occurred between a party of ‘moonshiners’ and a sheriff's posse. 1927    A. Nevins Emergence Mod. Amer. 252  				A gang of horse thieves and outlaws; moonshiners, hunters and feudists. 1973    Globe & Mail 		(Toronto)	 9 Nov. 31/4  				That same gallon, he says, costs the moonshiner only $2 to $3 to manufacture, and..he usually sells it for around $30. 1987    Independent 3 June 11/2  				Soaring sales of sugar, a key ingredient for moonshiners. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  | 
	
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