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a false and more or less damaging report circulated for political effect, usually about a candidate seeking an office.
Also, roor·bach.
Origin:
1844, Americanism; after a fictitious Baron von Roorback, in whose travelogue occurred an account of an incident damaging to the character of James K. Polk
1844, Americanism; after a fictitious Baron von Roorback, in whose travelogue occurred an account of an incident damaging to the character of James K. Polk
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