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rum-runner

The English word “rum-runner” has 3 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. An alcohol smuggler, especially from the Prohibition era.
  2. A fast boat used by these smugglers.
  3. Any fast boat of the sort.

Etymology

From rum + runner.

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