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- noun US, dated A
defamatory forgery orfalsehood published for purposes ofpolitical intrigue .
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Originated in the election canvass of 1844, when such a forgery was published, to the detriment of James K. Polk, purporting to be an extract from the Travels of Baron Roorbach.
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