Rum Runner
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Rum Runner may refer to:
- Rum-running, the practice of illegally smuggling alcoholic beverages to avoid taxes or prohibitions
- Rum Runner (nightclub) in Birmingham, England
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Rumrunners were sailors in the 1920s and 30's who would illegally bring alcohol into the United Staes of America during prohibition. Prohibition was when congress passed a law prohibiting alcohol from being manufactured. Usually, rumrunners would bring in the alcohol by boat. The rumrunning boats were usually small like motorboats with extra fast motors and bulletproof windshield. thye would need the extra fast motor for out running the Coast Guard.
