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as in alcohol
illegally produced liquor
during Prohibition, moonshine and "bathtub gin" were made secretly
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as in liquor
a distilled beverage that can make a person drunk
serving all sorts of moonshine at the bar
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as in nuts
language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense
a book about the so-called good old days that's sentimental moonshine
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Recent Examples of moonshine
One must-visit stop is Belmont Farm Distillery, which is said to be the birthplace of the first legal moonshine in the U.S.
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Erin Gifford, Southern Living, 21 Sep. 2024
This famed moonshine is currently experiencing a renaissance.
—Kaila Yu, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024
The downtown distillery and bar uses the original Great Depression-era recipe for its moonshine, but has also expanded to produce vodka, whiskey, sorghum rum, and beer.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 6 Sep. 2024
To try some of that moonshine yourself, stop by Adventure Distilling Company for tastings and live music in the summertime.
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 21 May 2024
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Erin Gifford, Southern Living, 21 Sep. 2024
This famed moonshine is currently experiencing a renaissance.
—Kaila Yu, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024
The downtown distillery and bar uses the original Great Depression-era recipe for its moonshine, but has also expanded to produce vodka, whiskey, sorghum rum, and beer.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 6 Sep. 2024
To try some of that moonshine yourself, stop by Adventure Distilling Company for tastings and live music in the summertime.
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 21 May 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for moonshine
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President Donald Trump threatened Thursday to impose 200% tariffs on alcohol from the European Union in response to the region's retaliatory 50% tariff on U.S. whiskey, further escalating tensions between two longtime trading partners.—
Carlo Angerer,
NBC News,
13 Mar. 2025
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Bars in the neighborhood must stop admitting patrons at 6:30pm and end alcohol service by 7pm Sunday.—
Mike Deehan,
Axios,
13 Mar. 2025
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That’s because this ubiquitous brand is the most popular and best-selling Irish whiskey in the world, a staple of liquor stores and bars, both dive and high-end, that nearly everyone who has ever tried whiskey before has tasted.—
Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
9 Mar. 2025
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In the Canadian province of Ontario, Premier Doug Ford ordered government-run liquor stores to take American alcohol products off their shelves.—
Christopher Reynolds,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Mar. 2025
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The property also grows its own herbs, greens, nuts, berries, and edible flowers.—
Bianca Salonga,
Forbes,
6 Jan. 2025
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Focus on whole foods like fruits, leafy green vegetables, fatty fish, nuts, and seeds.—
Lindsay Curtis,
Health,
5 Jan. 2025
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President Donald Trump’s 25% tariffs on Canada offended leaders there to the point that Ontario fired back by yanking American booze from store shelves.—
Matt Egan,
CNN,
13 Mar. 2025
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Does Alex land in America on the same day that Spencer takes off from Galveston with a truckload of booze for the Italian mafia?—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
9 Mar. 2025
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Yes, these fizzy drinks still contain some of the sweet stuff, but in relatively low amounts.—
Erica Sloan,
SELF,
18 Mar. 2025
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Golden Milk Golden milk is a drink made with milk, ground turmeric, and other spices like ginger and black pepper.—
Jillian Kubala,
Health,
18 Mar. 2025
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Lira, remembering the garbage, quickly takes out the trash.—
Cindy Carcamo,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Mar. 2025
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Leave the garbage can open and place it in the sun to fully dry before closing it or putting a garbage bag in it.—
Kamron Sanders,
Better Homes & Gardens,
18 Mar. 2025
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More than anything, Hemsley and McGowan view the bootleg cookies as proof of unmet demand.—
Simone Melvin,
Forbes,
2 Mar. 2025
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What if three consecutive hours of celebrating ‘S.N.L.’ still isn’t enough for me, a die-hard fan who owns a bootleg recording of Hanks’s first hosting gig in 1985?—
Dave Itzkoff,
New York Times,
16 Feb. 2025
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But the cachaça, made of sugarcane juice, is not such a big leap from rum, made from molasses.—
Hilary Armstrong,
Robb Report,
22 Mar. 2025
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Twists On Tradition Throughout the bushwacker’s history, different places have put their own spin on the ingredient list, but the drink usually contains some combo of rum, coffee liqueur, crème de cacao, amaretto and coconut cream, thickened with milk, half-and-half or ice cream.—
Jennifer Stewart Kornegay,
Southern Living,
19 Mar. 2025
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“Moonshine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/moonshine. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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