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    What is the origination of the word moonshine?

    Question #112282. Asked by dcpddc478. (Jan 21 10 12:36 PM)


    looney_tunes

    "Moonshine is a common name for illicitly-distilled corn whiskey. The term is commonly believed to derive from early English smugglers (called moonrakers because of a 17 century legend) and Appalachian home distillers who often engaged in illegal distillation and distribution of moonshine whiskey clandestinely (i.e., by the light of the moon)."

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonshine

    Jan 21 10, 12:59 PM


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