Hooverville
noun
Hoo·ver·ville
ˈhü-vər-ˌvil 
: a shantytown of temporary dwellings during the depression years in the U.S.
broadly
: any similar area of temporary dwellings
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Our lead, Joe Rance (Callum Turner), trudges to campus from a Hooverville; later, the coach Al Ulbrickson (Joel Edgerton), pokes around his crew’s lockers to count the holes in their shoes.
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Amy Nicholson, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2023
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Amy Nicholson, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2023
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“Hooverville.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Hooverville. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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