"Rose Mary Stretch" meaning in English

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Proper name

Forms: the Rose Mary Stretch [canonical]
Head templates: {{en-prop|def=1|head=Rose Mary Stretch}} the Rose Mary Stretch
  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

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