All languages combined word senses marked with topical category "Herbert Hoover"
Parent categories: Individuals, US politics, People, Politics, United States, Human, Society, North America, America, Earth, Nature
Total 15 word senses
- Great Depression (Proper name) [English] A major economic collapse characterized by mass unemployment and limited business activity that lasted from 1929 to 1940 in the US and a similar period in many other countries.
- Hoover blanket (Noun) [English] Old newspaper or cardboard, used by a homeless person to cover themselves for warmth.
- Hoover flag (Noun) [English] An empty (penniless) pocket, turned inside out, showing that someone has no money.
- Hoover hog (Noun) [English] An animal which is eaten by poor people during hard times, especially an armadillo or jackrabbit, but also a possum or squirrel.
- Hoover wagon (Noun) [English] A broken-down or permanently out-of-gas car pulled by a horse, chiefly in the US during the Great Depression.
- Hoovercrat (Noun) [English] An ally of President Herbert Hoover during his campaign and/or presidency.
- Hooverette (Noun) [English] A simple housedress with robe-style sash and wrap front, worn especially in United States in the 1930s and 1940s, with one section overlapping another; when dirty, the overlap could be reversed so a clean section was on top again, reducing laundry.
- Hooverian (Adjective) [English] Of or relating to the politics or economics of Herbert Hoover.
- Hooverism (Noun) [English] The policies of Herbert Hoover (1874–1964), 31st president of the United States from 1929 to 1933.
- Hooverite (Noun) [English] A supporter of Herbert Hoover (1874–1964), 31st president of the United States from 1929 to 1933.
- Hooverize (Verb) [English] To be economical in the use of a resource, particularly food.
- Hooverizer (Noun) [English] One who Hooverizes.
- Hoovernomics (Noun) [English] The economic policy and style of economic management associated with US President Herbert Hoover.
- Hooverville (Noun) [English] Any of many shantytowns established by the homeless in the United States in the Great Depression of the early twentieth century.
- Malawakang Depresyon (Proper name) [Tagalog] Great Depression
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