contrabandist
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Origin of contrabandist
From the Spanish word contrabandista, dating back to 1810–20. See contraband, -ist
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With the confidence which the contrabandist inspired in him he asked him for money.
From The Dead Command From the Spanish Los Muertos Mandan by Douglas, Frances
The song is as unceasing as the bells, unless when interrupted by a pull at the wine bota, or by the narration of some wild story of bandit cruelty or contrabandist daring.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847 by Various
Our Dutch friend Gist was, correctly speaking, a contrabandist.
From Se-quo-yah; from Harper's New Monthly, V.41 by Unknown
The people would learn what an utterly ignorant impudence presided over the restoring to England of the Peterhoff's mail bag of a vessel a contrabandist, a blockade runner, and a forger.
From Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 by De Gurowski, Adam G., count
Spain is, of all European countries, the most helplessly exposed to contrabandist operations.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 355, May 1845 by Various
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