Hoover blanket

== English == === Etymology === From Hoover (“Herbert Hoover, US president at the start of the Great Depression”) +‎ blanket. === Noun === Hoover blanket (plural Hoover blankets) (US, dated, historical) Old newspaper or cardboard, used by a homeless person to cover themselves for warmth, especially during the Great Depression. 2006, Barbara Bennett Peterson, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Preserver of Spirit and Hope, Nova Science Pub Incorporated: 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 […] ==== Related terms ====