mountain dew

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noun
  1. illegally distilled corn liquor; moonshine.

Origin of mountain dew

1
First recorded in 1810–20

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How to use mountain dew in a sentence

  • “Have some mountain-dew,” said the Butterfly, gracefully handing him a blue-bell filled with the precious liquid.

    The Butterfly's Ball | R.M. Ballantyne
  • This is real mountain dew, Lundie, and it warms the heart like a gleam of bonnie Scotland.

    The Pathfinder | James Fenimore Cooper
  • The mountain dew was still in the earth though and the dust was heavy with damp and not flying.

    The "Genius" | Theodore Dreiser
  • It waited in the centre, and whetted impatience by sly trips in twos and three to stables or side alleys for "mountain dew."

    A Cumberland Vendetta | John Fox, Jr.