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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
Classified under:
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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