white mule

noun

, Chiefly Midland and Southern U.S.

1. moonshine ( def 1 ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of white mule¹

An Americanism dating back to 1925–30

Example Sentences

He drives a white mule, and has managed to put a top of sail cloth on an old ramshackle buggy, which he calls a 'shay.'

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Two days later he entered the City in triumph riding on a white mule; he was received with "universal joy and acclamation."

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I still possessed five of my own animals, after a small white mule had been torn to pieces by wolves in Gartok.

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Then I jumps off my white mule, takes the swab by the heels, an' chucks him over the warehouse into a cactus bush.

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A white mule with red trappings, led by a varlet, carried Sir Nigel's own napery and table comforts.

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