moonlighter
Example Sentences
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Doing films as a kind of part-time moonlighter, she has become a movie star in spite of herself.
From Time Magazine Archive
Even though he is president of the nation's largest bank holding corporation and earns $100,000 a year, Maurice Stans is a moonlighter.
From Time Magazine Archive
"A moonlighter is one who shoots an oil well regardless of patent rights or those owning them, save when, by chance, he finds himself gathered in by the strong arm of the law."
From Ralph Gurney's Oil Speculation by James Otis
"I have wanted to propose something of the kind, but was afraid you wouldn't agree to it, because of Bob's being a moonlighter, and having given you so much trouble."
From Ralph Gurney's Oil Speculation by James Otis
And that kink should be now, no doubt, the lawful property of some ruffianly cattle-houghing moonlighter, whose nose—which should have been mine—is probably as straight as Barty's.
From The Martian by George Du Maurier
