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Teapot Dome

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Noun

1. 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

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Teapot Dome

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A former US Navy oil reserve in east-central Wyoming north of Casper. Secretly leased to Harry F. Sinclair's oil company by Secretary of the Interior Albert B. Fall in 1921, it became a symbol of the governmental scandals of the Harding administration.

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