"moonshining" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: moonshine + -ing Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|moonshine|ing}} moonshine + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} moonshining (uncountable)
  1. (informal, US) Illicit production and distribution of liquor. Tags: US, informal, uncountable Translations (illicit liquor production): salapoltto (english: production) (Finnish), lestinheitto (english: distribution) (Finnish), bimbrownictwo [neuter] (Polish), самогоноваре́ние (samogonovarénije) (english: production) [neuter] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-moonshining-en-noun-wJil-FdB Categories (other): American English

Verb

Etymology: moonshine + -ing Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|moonshine|ing}} moonshine + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} moonshining
  1. present participle and gerund of moonshine Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: moonshine
    Sense id: en-moonshining-en-verb-IK4l5Y2F Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ing Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 85 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 35 65

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