rum shop
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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In 1932, a handful of independent rum shop owners amalgamated into Antigua Distillery which today produces the multi-award winning English Harbour Rum with varieties aged up to 25 years.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2018
It seems as if I was bound to have a rum shop and a sailor's boarding-house under my nose.
From A Little Girl in Old Boston by Douglas, Amanda Minnie
Industry and economy soon enabled him to start a low rum shop in a foul locality, and this gave him political influence.
From The Gilded Age, Part 4. by Warner, Charles Dudley
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