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roorback definition

☆ roor·back or roorbach roor′·bach′ (ro̵or′bak′)

noun

a false or slanderous story devised for political effect, esp. against a candidate for office

Etymology: after the imaginary author of a nonexistent book, Roorback's Tour, etc. containing spurious charges against candidate James Knox Polk

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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