moonshiner
moonshiner — noun
1. A person who makes strong alcoholic drinks in secret, without permission from th
A person who makes strong alcoholic drinks in secret, without permission from the government, in order to sell them.
During the 1920s, Uncle Jed worked as a moonshiner deep in the Tennessee woods.
worked as a moonshiner — typical collocation for the trade
Federal officers found three moonshiners with a large still in the old cotton barn.
The young moonshiner was caught when his truck hit a tree on a mountain road.
No one in the small town would tell the police who the moonshiner was.
Grandpa told stories about a moonshiner who kept whiskey under the floorboards.
- bootlegger
broader term; refers to anyone who sells or smuggles illegal alcohol, not necessarily the person who makes it
- illicit distiller
more formal and technical; emphasises the act of distilling rather than selling
- rum-runner
specifically someone who smuggles alcohol by sea or across borders, popular during Prohibition
文法句型
moonshiner + verb (as subject)
a/an + moonshiner
用法筆記
Distinguish from bootlegger — a bootlegger smuggles or sells illegal liquor but does not necessarily produce it themselves. A moonshiner specifically makes the liquor, often in a home-built still hidden in a rural area.