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SEWARD'S FOLLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Seward's Folly mean?
• SEWARD'S FOLLY (noun)
The noun SEWARD'S FOLLY has 1 sense:
1. the transaction in 1867 in which the United States Secretary of State William Henry Seward purchased Alaska from Russia
Familiarity information: SEWARD'S FOLLY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The transaction in 1867 in which the United States Secretary of State William Henry Seward purchased Alaska from Russia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Instance hypernyms:
dealing; dealings; transaction (the act of transacting within or between groups (as carrying on commercial activities))
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