单词 | roorback |
释义 | roorback in British English (ˈrʊəˌbæk) noun US a false or distorted report or account, used to obtain political advantage Word origin 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. Polkroorback in American English (ˈrʊrˌbæk), ˈroorˌbach (ˈrʊrˌbæk) US noun a false or slanderous story devised for political effect, esp. against a candidate for office Word origin after the imaginary author of a nonexistent book, Roorback's Tour, etc. containing spurious charges against candidate Polk |
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