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Rum-runner

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An alcohol smuggler, especially from the Prohibition era. Canada, US

    "Near-synonyms: bootlegger; moonshiner, shiner"

  2. 2
    A fast boat used by these smugglers.
  3. 3
    Any fast boat of the sort.

    "Near-synonym: speedboat"

Etymology

From rum + runner.

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