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.
Meaning relationships
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