Jack. - Horntip

Moonshiiiing. 351 Mop.
1885. Saturday Review, 7 Nov.,
p. 615. Old Layce, a MOONSHINER—that
is to say, a maker of untaxed whiskey.
1891. Daily Telegral6k, 23 Mar.
A desperate and fatal encounter took
place early on Saturday morning between
a posse of Revenue officers and a party
Of MOONSHINERS, by which name the
illicit distillers of the mountain districts
are known.
2. (common).—See quot. and
MOON.
1823. BEE, Diet. 7 urf, s.v. . MOON-
LIGHT WANDERERS; fly-by-night' persons,
who cheat their landlords and run
away by night ; when 'tis illegal to detain
the goods.
MOONSHINING, subs. (American).—
Illicit distilling.
MOONSHI NY, adj. (common).—Unreal.
MOONSHOOTER. See TO SHOOT THE
MOON.
MOON'S-MINION, Subs. (Old).—I. A
watchman ; a CHARLEY (q.v.).
1828. LvTToN, Pelham, p. 142, ed.
1864. This action was not committed
with impunity; in an instant two of the
MOON'S MINIONS, staffs, lanterns, and all,
were measuring their length at the foot
of their namesake of royal memory: the
' remaining Dogberry was however a
tougher assailant.
2. (old).—See MOON-MAN,
sense 2.
MOON Y, subs. (common).—A noodle.
For synonyms see BUFFLE and
CABBAGE-HEAD.
Adj. (common).—x. Silly. Also
MOONISH.
1600. SHAKSPEARE, As You Like It,
ill. 2. 430. Being but a mooNrsH youth.
1861. G. MEREDITH, Evan Harrington,
xxv. p. 293 (1885). Rose gave him
no time for reflection, or the MOONY imagining
of their raptures lovers love to
dwell upon.
1876. GEORGE ELIOT, Daniel Deronda,
xxii. Violent and capricious, or
MOONY and insipid.
1890. G. ALLEN, The Tents of Shenz,
xxx. You've seemed preoccupied and
absorbed and MOONY and distracted.
1892. MILLIKEN, ' Arry Ballads, p.
x6. MOONEY young women in grey.
2. (common).—Drunk. For
synonyms see DRINKS and
SCREWED.
M 00S E-FACE, subs. (common).—See
quot.
1859. MATSELL, Vocabulum, S.V.
MOOSE-FACE. A rich ugly-faced man.
Mop, subs. (common).— I . See quots.
1787. GROSE, Prey. Glossary. MOP,
a statute fair for hiring servants.
1811. Lex. Bal., S.V. MOP. A
kind of annual fair in the west of England
where farmers usually hire their
servants.
1860. MRS. GASKEI.L, Sylvia's
Lovers, i. Many a rustic went to a statute
fair or MOP, and never came home
to tell of his hiring.
1874. .MRs. H. WooD, yohnny
Ludlow, 1. S. No. xvi. p. 269. There
are as good servants to be picked up in
a mor as out of it ; and you get a great
deal better choice,' said he. My mother
has hired many a man and maid at the
MOP: first-rate servants too.'
2. (common).—A confirmed
drunkard; a LUSHINGTON (q.v.).
3. (common).—A drinking bout:
ON THE MOP = on the drink.
c.1860. Are 7i!Sfi afier Cutting. ' It
was all along of Bill Jones the printer,
as keeps comp'ny with me,' she muttered.
'He'd been having a MOP, as he called
it, because he was on piecework, and
the author—oh ! he did go oni and call
him names such as I shouldn't like to
repeat—hadn't sent the copy ; whatever
that may mean.'
4. (old).—An endearment.
Also MOPPET and MOPSY.
(7.1388. Townelv Mysteries, ul sup,
'Prima Pastorum,' p. 96. Haylle,
lytylle, tyne mop.