rumrunner
Example Sentences
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A Detroit chorus girl weds her stage producer without telling her rumrunner boyfriend.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 15, 2021
With the shade of Jean Harlow peering over her cocked shoulder, Liza Minnelli plays a '20s rumrunner called Claire Dobie.
From Time Magazine Archive
During supper a man's face appeared at a screened porthole of the Wanderwell schooner Carma, onetime rumrunner bought at Government auction.
From Time Magazine Archive
A final volley came from the rumrunner as it slipped away to hiding in the Canadian marsh.
From Time Magazine Archive
Soon thousands of radio intercepts were pouring into her office, just as they had done during the rumrunner days.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
