ROORBACK


Meaning of ROORBACK in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈru̇r-ˌbak ]

noun

Etymology: from an attack on James K. Polk in 1844 purporting to quote from an invented book by a Baron von Roorback

Date: 1855

: a defamatory falsehood published for political effect

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