roor·back (r r b k )n. A false or slanderous story used for political advantage. [After Baron von Roorback, imaginary author of Roorback's Tour Through the Western and Southern States, from which a passage was purportedly quoted in an attempt to disparage presidential candidate James K. Polk in 1844.] |
roorback [ˈrʊəˌbæk]
n
US a false or distorted report or account, used to obtain political advantage
[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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