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Hooverville

noun

Definition of Hooverville

as in shantytown

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Recent Examples of Hooverville 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. — Amy Nicholson, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2023

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Deep Cut, the ragtag band from previous Splatoon titles, has cobbled together a shantytown at sea, which serves as homebase.

— Mitch Wallace, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
As the family moved through the shantytown’s narrow streets, gunfire erupted.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 20 May 2026

Definition of shantytown

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Inspired by the Amazon rainforest at dawn, this gender-neutral parfum layers white jungle florals, Brazilian orange oil, pink pepper, and grapefruit zest over grounding notes of bourbon, vetiver, musk, and patchouli.

— Kiana Murden, Vogue, 7 Aug. 2026
But Curious George, whose first standalone book follows a voyage from an African jungle to a New York City zoo, would not become the hero of his own story until the Reys underwent a perilous journey of their own.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Aug. 2026

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The city has stated that Randolph and other major encampments will eventually close, and Finke is concerned this is all happening without a plan to get people into stable housing.

— Conor Wight, CBS News, 9 Aug. 2026
Going to encampments with different non-profits and doing outreach was like a stepping stone to rewriting the script.

— Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 9 Aug. 2026

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