rumbo
rumbo noun: a type of punch made chiefly from rum; grog.
Noun
rumbo (uncountable)
- A type of punch made chiefly from rum; grog.
- Your worship would have seen him before now; for, when he is well, he and my good master Hatchway come hither every evening, and drink a couple of canns of rumbo apiece […].1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC
- Will you have a can of flip, or a jorum of hot rumbo?1824 June, [Walter Scott], Redgauntlet, […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co....
Proper noun capitalized: Rumbo
Rumbo (plural Rumbos)
- A surname from Galician.
Forms of rumbo
| plural | Rumbos |
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Origin of rumbo
Arbitrary extension of rum; or perhaps compare rumbullion.
Borrowed from Galician Rumbo, a habitational surname.
Words that rhyme with rumbo
Questions about rumbo
- What does rumbo mean?
- Rumbo means a type of punch made chiefly from rum; grog.
- What part of speech is rumbo?
- Rumbo can be a noun or a proper noun.
Words near rumbo in the dictionary
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