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roorback
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[ roor-bak ]
noun
- a false and more or less damaging report circulated for political effect, usually about a candidate seeking an office.
roorback
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noun
- a false or distorted report or account, used to obtain political advantage
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of roorback1
An Americanism first recorded in 1844, after a fictitious Baron von Roorback, in whose travelogue occurred an account of an incident damaging to the character of James K. Polk
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of roorback1
C19: after Baron von Roorback , invented author of an imaginary Tour through the Western and Southern States (1844), which contained a passage defaming James K. Polk
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Example Sentences
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His latest encounter with a roorback was well nigh fatal.
The roorback hibernates during political off-years and roars back to life during national presidential campaigns.
The word comes from a report published in Whig papers on the eve of the 1844 election, attributed to a fictitious Baron Roorback.
Last week as a Washington grand jury pursued its investigation it was clear to everybody that "The Hopkins Letter" was indeed a roorback.
The last notable roorback* in U.S. history had been the forgery of a James A. Garfield letter in 1880.
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