roorback
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of roorback
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
Example Sentences
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The Digest spiked the story as "an oldfashioned roorback," denied that any voter had asked to change his vote.
From Time Magazine Archive
Last week as a Washington grand jury pursued its investigation it was clear to everybody that "The Hopkins Letter" was indeed a roorback.
From Time Magazine Archive
The last notable roorback* in U.S. history had been the forgery of a James A. Garfield letter in 1880.
From Time Magazine Archive
His latest encounter with a roorback was well nigh fatal.
From Time Magazine Archive
Yes; that dog Prescott sprung a roorback on me.
From Dick Prescotts's Fourth Year at West Point Ready to Drop the Gray for Shoulder Straps by Hancock, H. Irving (Harrie Irving)
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