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Hoover bags

Hoover bags is the plural of Hoover bag.

Meaning of Hoover bag

Noun

Hoover bag (plural Hoover bags)

  1. (US, historical) An empty floursack or similar makeshift bag used by impoverished families to hold belongings or food during the Great Depression.

Questions about Hoover bags

What is Hoover bags the plural of?
Hoover bags is the plural of Hoover bag.

Words near Hoover bags in the dictionary

  1. hooved
  2. hooven
  3. Hoovens
  4. hoover
  5. Hoover bag
  6. Hoover bags
  7. Hoover blanket
  8. Hoover blankets
  9. Hoover flag
  10. Hoover flags
  11. Hoover hog

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