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rum bosuns

rum bosuns is the plural of rum bosun.

Meaning of rum bosun

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.

Questions about rum bosuns

What is rum bosuns the plural of?
Rum bosuns is the plural of rum bosun.

Words near rum bosuns in the dictionary

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

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