Hooverville Definition

ho͝ovər-vĭl
noun
A crudely built camp put up usually on the edge of a town to house the dispossessed and destitute during the depression of the 1930s.
American Heritage
An area of shanties and temporary dwellings for migrants and the homeless during the Great Depression in the U.S.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Hooverville

Noun

Singular:
Hooverville
Plural:
hoovervilles

Origin of Hooverville

  • After Herbert Clark Hoover

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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Words Starting With

HHOHOO

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ELELLE

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