Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
rhumb .
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Examples
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John Eliot spelled it "rumb," and Josselyn called it plainly "that cussed liquor, Rhum, rumbullion, or kill-devil."
Customs and Fashions in Old New England Alice Morse Earle 1881
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I'm not very substantial at the best, and during my brief lifetime I've been crumbled and chipped and bitten to such an extent that I dread to lose even a c rumb of my person more than is absolutely necessary.
John Dough And The Cherub Baum, L. Frank 1906
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If you've got a drink that is tasty and harder to drink slowly (a la rumb / coke), use the mini straw.
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The windows are grated, the doors almofV cafed with iron, and moving with bolts and rumb - ling hinges, give a thundering fignal of every vifi - tor's approach.
A tour through the island of Great Britain : divided into circuits or journies ... 1778
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