white lightning

as in alcohol
illegally produced liquor college students secretly mixing up a batch of white lightning in the school lab

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Recent Examples of white lightning Above the patch is another white lightning bolt. Omari Sankofa Ii, Detroit Free Press, 1 Nov. 2021 One, the stereotype is as dated as Moon Pies and white lightning. Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 11 June 2020
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Noun
  • Anyone involved in a non-injury accident with no drugs or alcohol should exchange information with the other driver and file the accident report online.
    Katie Langford, The Denver Post, 6 Nov. 2024
  • South Dakota lowered its general sales tax last year from 4.5 percent to 4.2 percent, and the new initiative would eliminate taxes on most food items, excluding alcohol and prepared meals.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • In a haven of savory goodness and booze, the bite of ooey gooey sweetness was a welcome treat.
    Felicia Campbell, The Arizona Republic, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Despite her best efforts to kill a successful writing career with booze and Hollywood, Parker’s legacy is also like that of the Arizona: enduring, grand, and forever leaking into the shallow waters of other people’s prose.
    Sloane Crosley, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • His dad, who worked at a bank and did security for clubs on weekends, ran a mentorship program for young men and showed them a bootleg copy of Boyz n the Hood, the 1992 John Singleton coming-of-age drama set in Los Angeles.
    Eric Andersson, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024
  • And subsequent research has suggested most of those who were poisoned had been drinking this bootleg alcohol for pleasure or escape, not protection from COVID-19.
    ByKai Kupferschmidt, science.org, 31 Oct. 2024

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“White lightning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/white%20lightning. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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