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Hoover wagons

Hoover wagons is the plural of Hoover wagon.

Meaning of Hoover wagon

Noun

Hoover wagon (plural Hoover wagons)

  1. (US, historical) A broken-down or permanently out-of-gas car pulled by a horse, chiefly in the US during the Great Depression.
    • The Americans had Hoover Wagons, which were engineless or permanently out-of-gas automobiles drawn by mules or horses. The Canadian name was Bennett Buggies.1961, Ralph Allen, Ordeal by Fire: Canada, 1910-1945, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday

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What is Hoover wagons the plural of?
Hoover wagons is the plural of Hoover wagon.

Words near Hoover wagons in the dictionary

  1. Hoover index
  2. Hoover shoe
  3. Hoover shoes
  4. hoover up
  5. Hoover wagon
  6. Hoover wagons
  7. Hoovercrat
  8. Hoovercrats
  9. hoovered
  10. hoovered up
  11. hooverette

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