rumrunner
Americannoun
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Origin of rumrunner
Example Sentences
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A Detroit chorus girl weds her stage producer without telling her rumrunner boyfriend.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 15, 2021
The gangland chieftain was stripped of his citizenship in 1959 after a U.S. district judge ruled that the onetime rumrunner and kewpie-doll salesman had been naturalized fraudulently in 1925.
From Time Magazine Archive
A final volley came from the rumrunner as it slipped away to hiding in the Canadian marsh.
From Time Magazine Archive
Sharply the U. S. agents returned the fire, forced the rumrunner to veer about, retreat toward the international line.
From Time Magazine Archive
Soon thousands of radio intercepts were pouring into her office, just as they had done during the rumrunner days.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
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