Moonshine
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Moonshine (meaning illicit distillation, also called white lightning, mountain dew, hooch, and many other names) is an illegally produced distilled beverage. The word is believed to derive from early English smugglers and illegal Appalachian distillers who clandestinely (i.e., by the light of the moon) produced and distributed whiskey.
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See also
- Bathtub gin
- Bootleggers and Baptists
- Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF)
- Dixie Mafia
- Moonshine by country
- Moonshine in popular culture
- Poitín or Poteen
- Prohibition in the United States
- Rum-running
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