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单词 hooverville
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Hooverville

[ hoo-ver-vil ]
/ ˈhu vərˌvɪl /

noun

a collection of huts and shacks, as at the edge of a city, housing the unemployed during the 1930s.

Origin of Hooverville

After (Herbert) Hoover, then-president of the United States + -ville)

Words nearby Hooverville

hoover apron, Hoover Dam, Hoover, Herbert, Hoover, J. Edgar, Hoover's sign, Hooverville, Hoovervilles, hooves, hop, hopak, Hopatcong
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Example sentences from the Web for Hooverville

  • Women could finally stop being Rosie the Riveter; men could stop living in Hooverville tents.

    Grandma-in-Chief|Patricia J. Williams|November 26, 2008|DAILY BEAST
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