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Hoo·ver·ville | \ ˈhü-vər-ˌvil 
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\Definition of Hooverville
: a shantytown of temporary dwellings during the depression years in the U.S. broadly : any similar area of temporary dwellings
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The first known use of Hooverville was in 1930
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