English Explanatory Dictionary

Hoover blanket

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Old newspaper or cardboard, used by a homeless person to cover themselves for warmth, especially during the Great Depression.

Word forms

Hoover blanket Hoover blankets

Etymology

From Hoover (“Herbert Hoover, US president at the start of the Great Depression”) + blanket.

Related words

Hoover bag Hoover flag Hoover hog Hoover shoe Hooverville Hoover wagon
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