moonshiner's turn

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moonshiner's turn

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Used by moonshiners to evade authorities during Prohibition.

noun moonshiners' turns

US, colloquial A rapid illegal U-turn performed by putting the car in neutral and applying the hand brake, thereby producing a controlled skid, with the car still moving backwards when forward power is again applied. Did you see the moonshiner’s turn he pulled in that chase scene?
Similar: bootlegger reverse, handbrake turn

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@misc{moonshiner_s_turn_2026,
  title = {moonshiner's turn},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/moonshiner's%20turn},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}