folly
121Clinton’s Folly — Erie Canal (see Clinton’s Big Ditch) …
122Fulton’s Folly — inventor Robert Fulton’s steamship Clermont …
123Seward’s Folly — nickname given Alaska in 1867 when Secretary of State William H Seward purchased the area from Russia for $7,200,000; also called Seward’s Polar Bear Garden …
124act of folly — foolish action …
125Tenans of Noble Folly — An SCA tournament team with members in Wisconsin, Minnesota and California working with the Grand Company of the Peacocks to bring the René style of tournament to the Middle Kingdom. They are known by their distinctive blue and white {semmayed}… …
126Seward's Folly — noun the transaction in 1867 in which the United States Secretary of State William Henry Seward purchased Alaska from Russia • Instance Hypernyms: ↑transaction, ↑dealing, ↑dealings * * * U.S. Hist. the purchase of Alaska in 1867, through the… …
127In Praise of Folly — (Latin, Moriae Encomium), a prose satire (1509) by Erasmus, written in Latin and directed against theologians and church dignitaries …
128filly-folly — …