Rumhound

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A drunkard who drinks rum. slang

    "The rumhound and loafer had hoed next to Mary, had left double plants, and had in places dug curved marks as if he were playing marbles."

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"The rumhound and loafer had hoed next to Mary, had left double plants, and had in places dug curved marks as if he were playing marbles."

Etymology

From rum + hound.

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