Hoover bag

noun

An empty floursack or similar makeshift bag used by impoverished families to hold belongings or food during the Great Depression.

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Meanings

nounHoover bag (plural Hoover bags)

plural Hoover bags

  1. UShistoricalAn empty floursack or similar makeshift bag used by impoverished families to hold belongings or food during the Great Depression.
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APA

Hoover bag. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hoover%20bag

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“Hoover bag.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hoover%20bag. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Hoover bag,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hoover%20bag.

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