moonshiner

Example Sentences

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Allowing the plants to seed has enabled the survival of the extremely rare Wormwood moonshiner beetle, which eats the seeds.

From BBC • Feb. 3, 2021

An Air Force officer asks his twin cousin’s moonshiner father to give up land for a missile base.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 18, 2019

An exchange follows between my friend and the moonshiner that reveals some confusion with my question or its translation.

From Slate • Mar. 6, 2018

There are a lot of theories about the story behind Star Wars: The Force Awakens, but it’s unlikely that any of them revolve around a bluegrass band, a debutante, or a renegade moonshiner.

From Time • Dec. 4, 2015

For answer the moonshiner stepped forward, and with a key he produced, released the iron that had been fastened about the ankle of the one-time revenue marshal.

From The Boy Scouts in the Blue Ridge Marooned Among the Moonshiners by Carter, Herbert