- rumrunner
- noun Date: 1920 a person or ship engaged in bringing prohibited liquor ashore or across a border • rum-running adjective or noun
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
rumrunner
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rumrunner — ☆ rumrunner [rum′run΄ər ] n. a person, ship, etc. engaged in smuggling alcoholic liquor rumrunning n … English World dictionary
rumrunner — rumrunning, n., adj. /rum run euhr/, n. a person or ship engaged in smuggling liquor. [1920, Amer.; RUM1 + RUNNER] * * * … Universalium
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