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rumbo¹

Rhymes with -ʌmbəʊ

Where it comes from

Arbitrary extension of rum; or perhaps compare rumbullion.

noun

  1. archaic, uncountable A type of punch made chiefly from rum; grog. Your worship would have seen him before now; for, when he is well, he and my good master Hatchway come hither every evening, and drink a couple of canns of rumbo apiece […].

Rumbo²

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Galician Rumbo, a habitational surname.

proper noun Rumbos

  1. A surname from Galician.

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"rumbo." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/rumbo. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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rumbo. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/rumbo

Chicago

"rumbo." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/rumbo.

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@misc{rumbo_2026,
  title = {rumbo},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/rumbo},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}