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rum runner

rum runner is the alternative form 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

Forms of rum runner

pluralrum runners

Questions about rum runner

What is rum runner the alternative form of?
Rum runner is the alternative form of rum-runner.

Words near rum runner in the dictionary

  1. rum mill
  2. rum mills
  3. rum popo
  4. rum popos
  5. rum pum pum pum
  6. rum runner
  7. rum runners
  8. rum tub
  9. rum tubs
  10. rum tum ditty
  11. rum-dum

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