teapot dome

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Noun teapot dome has 1 sense

Teapot Dome, Teapot Dome scandal - 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
--₁ is a kind of scandal, outrage

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Term: Teapot Dome

Noun:

1. A political scandal in the United States during the early 1920s involving the secret leasing of federal oil reserves in Teapot Dome, Wyoming, by Albert B. Fall, then Secretary of the Interior, in exchange for personal bribes.

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The Teapot Dome scandal was one of the biggest political scandals in U.S. history.

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Noun:

2. A geological formation located in Natrona County, Wyoming, resembling an overturned teapot.

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The Teapot Dome is a unique geological landmark that attracts many tourists.

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