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Rose Mary Stretch

Rose Mary Stretch proper noun: in the context of the Watergate scandal: the implausible physical position that Richard Nixon's secretary Rose Mary Woods would have had to adopt in order to bring about the ostensibly accidental erasure of various portions of recorded tape.

Proper noun

the Rose Mary Stretch

  1. (US, historical, humorous) In the context of the Watergate scandal: the implausible physical position that Richard Nixon's secretary Rose Mary Woods would have had to adopt in order to bring about the ostensibly accidental erasure of various portions of recorded tape.

Questions about Rose Mary Stretch

What does Rose Mary Stretch mean?
Rose Mary Stretch means in the context of the Watergate scandal: the implausible physical position that Richard Nixon's secretary Rose Mary Woods would have had to adopt in order to bring about the ostensibly accidental erasure of various portions of recorded tape.
What part of speech is Rose Mary Stretch?
Rose Mary Stretch is a proper noun.

Words near Rose Mary Stretch in the dictionary

  1. rose leeks
  2. rose madder
  3. rose madders
  4. rose mallow
  5. rose mallows
  6. Rose Mary Stretch
  7. rose meat
  8. rose moon
  9. rose moons
  10. rose moss
  11. rose myrtle

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