rumrunner
[ ruhm-ruhn-er ]
noun
a person or ship engaged in smuggling liquor.
Origin of rumrunner
1Other words from rumrunner
- rumrunning, noun, adjective
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How to use rumrunner in a sentence
Duran Duran became the house band at an eclectic Birmingham nightclub called the Rum Runner.
Eight Best Bits of John Taylor’s Duran Duran Tell-All | Tom Sykes | October 21, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTIt afforded him much pride to thus be in sole charge of a captured rum-runner with a cargo of contraband aboard.
Eagles of the Sky | Ambrose NewcombHe wanted less to cross the fellow, for the rum runner was quite evidently a desperate character.
The Flying Reporter | Lewis E. (Lewis Edwin) Theiss
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