Hooverville
[ hoo-ver-vil ]
/ ˈhu vərˌvɪl /
noun
a collection of huts and shacks, as at the edge of a city, housing the unemployed during the 1930s.
Example sentences from the Web for hoovervilles
They call their tent city Romneyville, a play on the Hoovervilles, shantytowns of the Great Depression.
Cultural definitions for hoovervilles
Hoovervilles
The encampments of the poor and homeless that sprang up during the Great Depression. They were named with ironic intent after President Herbert Hoover, who was in office when the depression started.