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rum-runners

rum-runners is the plural of rum-runner.

Meaning of rum-runner

Noun

rum-runner (plural rum-runners)

  1. (Canada, US) An alcohol smuggler, especially from the Prohibition era.
    • Near-synonyms: bootlegger; moonshiner, shiner
    Antonyms:
    revenuer
  2. A fast boat used by these smugglers.
  3. Any fast boat of the sort.
    • Near-synonym: speedboat

Questions about rum-runners

What is rum-runners the plural of?
Rum-runners is the plural of rum-runner.

Words near rum-runners in the dictionary

  1. rum-dums
  2. Rum-Johnnies
  3. Rum-Johnny
  4. rum-pum-pum-pum
  5. rum-runner
  6. rum-runners
  7. rum-tum
  8. rum-tums
  9. Rum-ville
  10. Rumadiya
  11. Rumadiyah

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