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Rockfordesque

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Reminiscent of the television series The Rockford Files or its main character, a laid-back blue-collar private investigator.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 2001, February 16. Allan Johnson, "Tuning In, Tuning Out", The Chicago Tribune. 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.
  • 2009. Kelli Jae Baeli, Armchair Detective, Lesbian Literati Press. I vaulted to the hood of the Olds' in true Rockfordesque style, and rolled over, falling off the other side, landing hard upon the pavement.

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History

Etymology

From Rockford + -esque.