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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

• TEAPOT DOME (noun)

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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

Hypernyms ("Teapot Dome" is a kind of...):

outrage; scandal (a disgraceful event)

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