English Explanatory Dictionary

Hoover flag

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An empty (penniless) pocket, turned inside out, showing that someone has no money (especially during the Great Depression.)

Word forms

Hoover flag Hoover flags

Etymology

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

Related words

Hoover blanket Hoover hog Hooverville Hoover wagon
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