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TEAPOT DOME SCANDAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Teapot Dome scandal mean? 

TEAPOT DOME SCANDAL (noun)
  The noun TEAPOT DOME SCANDAL 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 administrationplay

  Familiarity information: TEAPOT DOME SCANDAL used as a noun is very rare.


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TEAPOT DOME SCANDAL (noun)


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:

outrage; scandal (a disgraceful event)


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