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moonshiner
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun moonshiner has 1 sense
- moonshiner(n = noun.person) bootlegger - someone who makes or sells illegal liquor; Array is a kind of criminal, crook, felon, malefactor, outlaw
Derived form verb moonshine1
CIDE DICTIONARY
moonshiner, n.
A person engaged in illicit distilling; -- so called because the work is largely done at night. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
moonshiner
Mafioso, barkeep, barkeeper, barmaid, barman, bartender, black marketeer, bootlegger, brewer, brewmaster, dealer, distiller, drug pusher, gray marketeer, liquor dealer, liquor store owner, mixologist, publican, pusher, racketeer, tapster, tapstress, vintner, wine merchant
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