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 n.— «A “rowback” is an important if little-known tool of the journalistic trade. It is the reporter’s artgum eraser. If used skillfully enough, the readers will not even realize he has made a correction.» —“Journalistic ‘Rowback’ Art He Hasn’t Mastered” by Frank Johnson Nevada State Journal (Reno) July 3, 1963. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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