Hoover blanket

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词形变化

Hoover blankets 复数 Hoover blankets

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

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

    美国 过时 历史

    Poverty became a way of life for 40 million Americans as laid off workers roamed the streets sleeping under Hoover 'blankets' - old newspapers. By 1933 the number of unemployed would mount to between 13 and 15 million […]

词源

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

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