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PRONUNCIATION OF RUMRUNNER

rumrunner  [ˈrʌmrʌnə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RUMRUNNER

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Rumrunner is a noun.
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WHAT DOES RUMRUNNER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

rumrunner

Rum-running

Rum-running, or bootlegging, is the illegal business of transporting alcoholic beverages where such transportation is forbidden by law. Smuggling is usually done to circumvent taxation or prohibition laws within a particular jurisdiction. The term rum-running is more commonly applied to smuggling over water; bootlegging is applied to smuggling over land. It is believed that the term "boot-legging" originated during the American Civil War, when soldiers would sneak liquor into army camps by concealing pint bottles within their boots or beneath their trouser legs. Also, according to the PBS documentary Prohibition, the term "bootlegging" was popularized when thousands of city dwellers would sell liquor from flasks they kept in their boot leg all across major cities. The term "rum-running" most likely originated at the start of Prohibition in the United States, when ships from Bimini in the western Bahamas transported cheap Caribbean rum to Florida speakeasies.

Definition of rumrunner in the English dictionary

The definition of rumrunner in the dictionary is a person who smuggles illicit liquor.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH RUMRUNNER


baserunner
ˈbeɪsˌrʌnə
Corunna
kəˈrʌnə
forerunner
ˈfɔːˌrʌnə
frontrunner
ˈfrʌntˌrʌnə
gunrunner
ˈɡʌnrʌnə
nonrunner
ˈnɒnˈrʌnə
outrunner
ˈaʊtˌrʌnə
overrunner
ˌəʊvəˈrʌnə
rat-runner
ˈrætˌrʌnə
roadrunner
ˈrəʊdˌrʌnə
runner
ˈrʌnə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RUMRUNNER

rumorous
rumour
rumour mill
rumour-monger
rumour-mongering
rumourer
rump
Rump Parliament
rump steak
Rumpelstiltskin
rumple
rumpled
rumpless
rumply
rumpo
rumpus
rumpus room
rumpy
rumpy-pumpy

WORDS THAT END LIKE RUMRUNNER

banner
blockade runner
blue runner
Bow Street runner
cunner
distance runner
do a runner
drug runner
dunner
front runner
machine gunner
marathon runner
middle-distance runner
punner
rear gunner
relay runner
scarlet runner
scunner
shotgunner
stunner
table runner

Synonyms and antonyms of rumrunner in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «rumrunner» into 25 languages

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Translator English - Chinese

rumrunner
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

rumrunner
570 millions of speakers

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rumrunner
510 millions of speakers

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rumrunner
380 millions of speakers
ar

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rumrunner
280 millions of speakers

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rumrunner
278 millions of speakers

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rumrunner
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rumrunner
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rumrunner
220 millions of speakers

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Pengumuman
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Rumrunner
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

rumrunner
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Translator English - Korean

rumrunner
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Rumrunner
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Translator English - Vietnamese

rumrunner
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Translator English - Tamil

கள்ளக்கடத்தல் செய்ய அமர்த்தப்பட்டவர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

रमुन्नर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

rumrunner
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Rumrunner
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

RumRunner
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

rumrunner
40 millions of speakers

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rumrunner
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Translator English - Greek

RumRunner
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

rumrunner
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

Rumrunner
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

Rumrunner
5 millions of speakers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RUMRUNNER»

The term «rumrunner» is normally little used and occupies the 111.616 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about rumrunner

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RUMRUNNER»

Discover the use of rumrunner in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to rumrunner and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Whisky and Ice: The Saga of Ben Kerr, Canada's Most Daring ...
Whisky and Ice takes the reader back to the Prohibition era, when Canada and the United States were obsessed with "demon liquor" (not to mention the endless posturing by politicians).
C.W. Hunt, 1996
2
Rumrunner: The Life and Times of Johnny Schnarr
The story of Johnny Schnarr's career as the most successful rumrunner to work the Pacific Northwest during the era of US prohibition.
Marion Parker, 1993
3
Romancing the Rumrunner
Prohibition Era Chicago She's worked too hard to be run out of town.
Michelle McLean, 2014
4
Treasure in Grosse Pointe: The Sunken Rumrunner
Treasure in Grosse Pointe: The Sunken Rumrunner
Andrew Hartwood, 2005
5
Cooler Full of Fish
The Rumrunner most easily handled charters of six people. Many of these were old-timers who had been coming up from Cincinnati and Columbus annually to fish, and to party on the islands. They drank a LOT. Others were Amish and ...
Linda Legeza, 2009
6
Whispering Wires: The Tragic Tale of an American Bootlegger
Another time the Arcata was anchored off Marrowstone Point waiting for a dense fog to lift when the outline of a nearby rumrunner emerged, dozing at anchor. The tug's longboat was lowered gently and after a short pull, the smuggler was ...
Philip Metcalfe, 2007
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Forgotten Tales of Rhode Island
The 1920s was the era of Prohibition, and it was assumed that the light belonged to a rumrunner—an outlaw who ran liquor ashore in small boats from offshore ships during the night. Surely, the captain thought, the boat would see the brightly  ...
Jim Ignasher, 2008
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Expert systems in structural safety assessment: proceedings ...
Performance improvements are obtained by implementing all RUM's functionalities with leaner data structures, using Flavors [14] (for the Symbolics version) or defstrucLs (for the Sun version). Furthermore, RUMrunner no longer requires the ...
Aleksandar S. Jovanović, Staatliche Materialprüfungsanstalt (Germany), Commission of the European Communities. Joint Research Centre. Ispra Establishment, 1989
9
Windsurf
say goodbye to the shoreline and say hello to cruising .... a whole new dimension in boardsaittng "Rumrunner can make a day of island hopping with friends on Florida's Intercoastal unforgetable!" Alex Aguera, international sailboarding ...
‎1982
10
Dear Money
The grandson of a Prohibition rumrunner had bought the Tuttle widow's cottage, and some believed he'd taken advantage ofher, and though no one could remember the rumrunner, the fact of him served well enough as an indictment of the ...
Martha McPhee, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RUMRUNNER»

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Tour Walkerville's Rumrunner-era Low-Martin House This Weekend
If you're interested in exploring the history of a famous rumrunner home in Walkerville, this weekend you'll have a chance. Tours are being offered at the ... «windsoriteDOTca News, Jun 15»
2
New Chehalis Pub Pays Homage to Prohibition 'Rum Runner'
Rumrunners owners Michael and Ashley Diaz stand in for a portrait inside their pub in Chehalis on Monday. The recently-married couple opened Rumrunners in ... «The Chronicle, Mar 15»
3
Nail salon owner, former Rumrunners bouncer charged with drug …
Lampkin has an extensive rap sheet but is maybe best remembered as the Rumrunners bouncer accused of beating and illegally detaining a handcuffed ... «KTUU.com, Jan 15»
4
Anchorage restaurateurs slapped with $250K fine for misdemeanor …
The corporation behind the now-defunct downtown nightspot Rumrunners Old Towne Bar and Grille and a former bouncer were sentenced Friday in Anchorage ... «Anchorage Daily News, Jun 14»
5
Jury Reaches Verdict in 2011 Rumrunner's Assault Case
A jury Tuesday found a bouncer for the former Rumrunner's Old Towne Bar and Grill guilty of assault in a 2011 beating, also finding the corporation that owned ... «KTUU.com, Feb 14»
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Rumrunner's owners, ex-bouncer guilty of misdemeanor assault
BILL ROTH / Anchorage Daily News Former Rumrunner's bouncer Murville Lampkin, left, sits with public defender Lars Johnson during his assault trial on ... «Anchorage Daily News, Feb 14»
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Trial opens in 2011 Rumrunner's assault case
ABandM Enterprises, the corporation under which the Gallo cousins owned Rumrunner's, is also charged with evidence tampering and falsifying business ... «Anchorage Daily News, Jan 14»
8
Anchoress announce “Crime”, premiere first single “The Rumrunner
In addition, the band has unveiled the lead single “The Rumrunner Blues” which we have made available below for your listening pleasure. “The song was ... «Dying Scene, Jan 14»
9
Verizon HTC One Rumrunner S-OFF tool now available
Those sporting an AT&T branded HTC One received a bit of good news last week in terms of the Android 4.3 update. That update is expected to begin very ... «Android Community, Oct 13»
10
2013 Rumrunner's Celebrity Chef Auction breaks all records
The 10th annual Rumrunners Celebrity Chef Night "Culinary Castaway," presented by Corporate Spending Innovations to benefit the Golisano Childen's ... «Cape Coral Daily Breeze, Aug 13»

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