moonshiners' turns

A form of moonshiner's turn — 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.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of moonshiner's turn
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