Hooverville

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any of many shantytowns established by the homeless in the United States in the Great Depression of the early twentieth century. historical

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shantytownshantytown

Etymology

From Hoover + -ville, named after Herbert Hoover.

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great depressionunited states

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