Rockfordesque
Rockfordesque adjective: reminiscent of the television series The Rockford Files or its main character, a laid-back blue-collar private investigator.
Adjective
Rockfordesque (comparative more Rockfordesque, superlative most Rockfordesque)
- Reminiscent of the television series The Rockford Files or its main character, a laid-back blue-collar private investigator.
- Rockfordesque Nick Ryder (Joe Penny) insists that he would rather use hunches than statistics, that he cannot wear a coat and tie to work, and that if he saw the corporate atmosphere at TriCor, "Sam Spade would puke."1990, Robert J. Thompson, Adventures on prime Time: The Television Programs of Stephen J. Cannell., Greenwood Publishing Group
- His latest is "The Tin Collectors" (St. Martin's Press, $24.95), about a Rockfordesque detective at the center of an Internal Affairs investigation that becomes much more.2001, February 16. Allan Johnson, "Tuning In, Tuning Out", The Chicago Tribune.
Forms of Rockfordesque
| comparative | more Rockfordesque |
|---|---|
| superlative | most Rockfordesque |
Origin of Rockfordesque
From Rockford + -esque.
Questions about Rockfordesque
- What does Rockfordesque mean?
- Rockfordesque means reminiscent of the television series The Rockford Files or its main character, a laid-back blue-collar private investigator.
- What part of speech is Rockfordesque?
- Rockfordesque is an adjective.
Words near Rockfordesque in the dictionary
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