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Definition of Roorback
1. n. A defamatory forgery or falsehood published for purposes of political intrigue.
Definition of Roorback
1. a false story used for political advantage [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Roorback
Literary usage of Roorback
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept (1913)
"... Through California By ELOISE roorback TO wander on and on and on through
California's fertile valleys, painted deserts and flower fields ! ..."
2. Calendar of Wills on File and Recorded in the Offices of the Clerk of the by Berthold Fernow, New York (State). Court of Appeals, New York (State). Secretary's Office (1896)
"... joiner, and John roorback, alderman. S) MOTT, Joseph, of Sharlotte Prect., Dutchess
Co. Septbr. 28 yeoman. ..."
3. Henry J. Raymond and the New York Press, for Thirty Years: Progress of by Augustus Maverick (1870)
"AND THE " roorback"—THE LINCOLN PROCLAMATION HOAX. No account of the history of
Journalism in New York would be complete without a record of the famous ..."
4. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"76, App. 1844 THE roorback FORGERY has been traced to a Mr. Linn of ... 1860 "
Opposition roorback."—Heading of an item in the Richmond Enquirer, Nov. 6, p. ..."
5. The Historical Magazine (1859)
"For many purposes however, as the only classed list | of American books, it will
be most useful for reference, and with roorback at hand, can scarcely ..."
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