"Rose Mary Stretch" meaning in All languages combined

See Rose Mary Stretch on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

Forms: the Rose Mary Stretch [canonical]
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  1. (US politics, 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. Tags: US, historical, humorous Categories (topical): US politics
    Sense id: en-Rose_Mary_Stretch-en-name-81jM2KZK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Topics: government, politics
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