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Definition of Gunrunners
1. gunrunner [n] - See also: gunrunner
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gunrunners
Literary usage of Gunrunners
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1913)
"Then Marseilles, Panama and twice across South America, gunrunners and fever
playing there their various parts. ..."
2. Adventure Guide to Bermuda by Blair Howard (2004)
"During those days of blockades and gunrunners a Confederate agent actually had
an office in the building. The museum is open year-round, except for public ..."
3. The Life of John Redmond by Warre Bradley Wells (1919)
"The National Volunteers had been preparing a coup by which they should show that
in resource and daring they equalled the Ulster gunrunners. ..."
4. From the Gulf to Ararat: An Expedition Through Mesopotamia and Kurdistan by Gilbert Ernest Hubbard (1917)
"... she is nothing more than a Liverpool tug, with no accommodation but the deck,
and spends her time cruising about these tropical seas after gunrunners. ..."
5. The Causes of Decay in a British Industry by "Artifex," pseud, " pseud "Opifex, " pseud "Artifex, Artifex (1907)
"The foreign gunrunners. Egypt. The case of Belgium. German methods. Debasing the
standard of quality. Discrediting British productions. ..."
6. Bahamas by Don Philpott (2002)
"In the past it has seen pirates and gunrunners, and more recently rumrunners
breaking the US Prohi- bition. Today, it is a major port and cruise ship ..."
7. Peculiar People in a Pleasant Land: A South African Narrative by Reginald Fenton (1905)
"... the two off-saddled at "The gunrunners' Arms," for what would probably be the
last civilized meal they were likely to get for many a long day. ..."
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