white mule

American  

noun

Chiefly Midland and Southern U.S.

1. moonshine.

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Etymology

Origin of white mule

An Americanism dating back to 1925–30

Example Sentences

He suggested the antithesis as a mascot - a white mule.

From New York Times • Nov. 30, 2012

Once he would have ridden on a white mule, but in 1953 he went in a black Cadillac.

From Time Magazine Archive

He took the pickup across the dip slowly, almost tenderly, as if the old truck were the blind white mule, too old to be treated roughly any more.

From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko

The white mule seemed to like Catelyn; there was no kicking, thank the gods.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin

So Serra the Murcian communed with himself, and with only an occasional tug at the ropes that bound his captive to the white mule of Don Jordy, he continued his way, rejoiced in heart.

From The White Plumes of Navarre A Romance of the Wars of Religion by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)