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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(obsolete) Synonym of rum, an alcoholic beverage distilled from sugarcane, similar spirits..
... Partly the Brandewin wherewith we have furnisht him, the spirits of Rombostion, which our men there make him, and other good hopes we give him, he becomes very valiant ...
Both rumbullion and rumbustion, two early dialect names, may have referred to the violence that the drink was said to cause.
Use rumbustion when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Rumbustion means (obsolete) Synonym of rum, an alcoholic beverage distilled from sugarcane, similar spirits..
Common synonyms include rum.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
... Partly the Brandewin wherewith we have furnisht him, the spirits of Rombostion, which our men there make him, and other good hopes we give him, he becomes very valiant ...
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