Hooverville
pronunciation
How to pronounce Hooverville in British English:
UK [ˈhu:vəvil]
How to pronounce Hooverville in American English:
US [ˈhuvɚˌvɪl]
Word Origin
- Hooverville
- 1933, American English, from U.S. president Herbert C. Hoover (1874-1964), who was in office when the Depression began, + common place-name ending -ville. Earlier his name was the basis of Hooverize "economize on food" (1917) from his role as wartime head of the U.S. Food Administration.
Example
- 1. Hooverville being sort of , I guess , the slums .
- 2. The joads left hooverville and went to a government camp maintained for transient agricultural workers .
- 3. The joads left hooverville and went to a government camp maintained for transient agricultural workers . For the first time since they had arrived in california , the joads found themselves treated as human beings .