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RUMRUNNER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does rumrunner mean?
• RUMRUNNER (noun)
The noun RUMRUNNER has 1 sense:
1. someone who illegally smuggles liquor across a border
Familiarity information: RUMRUNNER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who illegally smuggles liquor across a border
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("rumrunner" is a kind of...):
contrabandist; moon-curser; moon curser; runner; smuggler (someone who imports or exports without paying duties)
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