单词 | rum ship |
释义 | > as lemmasrum ship rum ship n. a ship used for transporting rum; spec. a ship engaged in rum-running. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > trading vessel > [noun] > smuggling > rum rum ship1800 rum runner1917 1800 P. Colquhoun Treat. Commerce & Police R. Thames iv. 166 It is the duty of the Excise Surveyor to call on board of Rum Ships every day. 1878 C. W. Denison in L. Penney Readings & Recitations 61 The rum-ship robbeth a Christian land! 1931 F. L. Allen Only Yesterday x. 245 Rum-ships rolling in the sea outside the twelve-mile limit. 1995 C. W. Hunt Whisky & Ice xi. 95 The patrol boat captured two more rum ships and several hundred cases of Canadian ale. < as lemmas |
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