Rumbullion
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Rumbullion is a noun meaning (obsolete) Synonym of rum, an alcoholic beverage distilled from sugarcane, similar spirits.
Meaning
(obsolete) Synonym of rum, an alcoholic beverage distilled from sugarcane, similar spirits.
More Meanings
- (obsolete) A kind of peach.
- (obsolete) A kind of gooseberry.
- (archaic, Devon dialect) A great tumult.
Example Sentences
...the chiefe fudling they make in the Island is Rumbullion, alias Kill-Devill, and this is made of suggar canes distilled, a hott, hellish and terrible liquor.
When Jim brought the bride home from church that Rufus got hold of a gun and fired it off up chimney, and down come the soot, bushels of it! All over the room, and a chimney-pot burst and rattled down the tiles into a prambulator. What a rumbullion that was!
Word Forms
- rumbullions
- rum-bullion
- rumbullian
- rumbillion
Synonyms for rumbullion
Depending on context, synonyms include rum.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include rumbo, rumbooze, roun, rumblegumption, rumdum, rumminess.
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