moonlight n.
1. smuggled spirits [var. on moonshine n.].
![[UK]](/static/img/flags/uk.png "United Kingdom") | Dict. of Modern Sl. etc. (2nd edn). | |
| , , | | Sl. Dict. |
![[Scot]](/static/img/flags/sco.png "Scotland") | Eve. Teleg. (Dundee) 1 Sept. 3/6: The language of the London East-end pub [...] ‘Moonlight’ — smuggled spirit. |
2. see moonlight flit n.
SE in slang uses
In compounds
see moonlights n.
a tenant who cheats the landlord by leaving lodgings late at night, usu. with their household possessions.
| Dict. of the Turf, the Ring, the Chase, etc. |
In phrases
(US) poached egg on corned beef hash.
![[US]](/static/img/flags/us.png "United States") | S.F. Call 9 Jan. 6/5: ‘Moonlight on the lake’ had a lot more poetry in it than plain ‘poached egg on corned beef hash’. |
(W.I.) a gas lamp.
![[WI]](/static/img/flags/wi.png "West Indies") | cited in Dict. Jam. Eng. (1980). |