(UK, dialectal, archaic) Smuggled spirits, often with a specific sense; (Kent, Sussex) white brandy; (Yorkshire) gin.
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(literally) The light of the moon.
1718, John Gay, “O ruddier than the Cherry”, from Act 2 of George Frideric Handel’s opera Acis and Galatea, [https://archive.org/stream/acisgalateamaska00hand#page/47 page 47]:
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(informal) High-proof alcohol (especially whiskey) that is often, but not always, produced illegally.
: O Nymph more bright than moon-ſhine night, like Kidlings blithe and merry
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