SEWARD'S FOLLY

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The transaction in 1867 in which the United States Secretary of State William Henry Seward purchased Alaska from Russia

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Nouns denoting acts or actions

Instance hypernyms:

dealing; dealings; transaction (the act of transacting within or between groups (as carrying on commercial activities))

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