SINCE 1828
Hooverville
noun
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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