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rum bosun

rum bosun noun: a sailor tasked with collecting the rum in a "fanny" (metal container) for the distribution of the daily rum ration.

Noun

rum bosun (plural rum bosuns)

  1. (historical) A sailor tasked with collecting the rum in a "fanny" (metal container) for the distribution of the daily rum ration.

Forms of rum bosun

pluralrum bosuns

Questions about rum bosun

What does rum bosun mean?
Rum bosun means a sailor tasked with collecting the rum in a "fanny" (metal container) for the distribution of the daily rum ration.
What part of speech is rum bosun?
Rum bosun is a noun.
What is the plural of rum bosun?
The plural of rum bosun is rum bosuns.

Words near rum bosun in the dictionary

  1. rum
  2. rum baba
  3. rum babas
  4. rum ball
  5. rum balls
  6. rum bosun
  7. rum bosuns
  8. rum bud
  9. rum buds
  10. rum butter
  11. rum butters

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