noun
- a person who illegally makes or sells alcoholic liquor, especially whiskey
Usage: informal; historical
Examples
- The moonshiner hid his still deep in the mountains.
- During Prohibition, moonshiners operated secret distilleries.
- The old moonshiner was known for making the strongest whiskey in the county.
- Police raided the moonshiner’s cabin and destroyed his equipment.
- Stories of moonshiners running from federal agents are part of local folklore.
- The moonshiner sold his homemade liquor to speakeasies in the city.