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TEAPOT DOME
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Teapot Dome mean?
• TEAPOT DOME (noun)
The noun TEAPOT DOME has 1 sense:
1. a government scandal involving a former United States Navy oil reserve in Wyoming that was secretly leased to a private oil company in 1921; became symbolic of the scandals of the Harding administration
Familiarity information: TEAPOT DOME used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A government scandal involving a former United States Navy oil reserve in Wyoming that was secretly leased to a private oil company in 1921; became symbolic of the scandals of the Harding administration
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Synonyms:
Teapot Dome; Teapot Dome scandal
Instance hypernyms:
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