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m 3 o 1 o 1 n 1 s 1 h 4 i 1 n 1 e 1

9 letters · 14 points in Scrabble

Meaning

noun the light of the Moon

noun whiskey illegally distilled from a corn mash

verb distill (alcohol) illegally; produce moonshine

originFrom Middle English mone schyne, mone-schyne, moone shone; equivalent to moon + shine. Illegally distilled liquor is so named because its manufacture may be conducted without artificial light at night. The verb sense is a back-formation from moonshiner.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0

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