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Hoover hog
Noun
Southern-US
US
especially
Japanese Meaning
困窮期に、貧しい人々が食用にする野生動物を指す語。特にアルマジロ、ジャックラビット(野ウサギ)、オポッサムやリスなどが含まれる。
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(US, especially Southern US) An animal which is eaten by poor people during hard times, especially an armadillo or jackrabbit, but also a possum or squirrel.
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Hoover hog
During the Great Depression, my grandmother used to catch a Hoover hog and roast it over an open fire when food was scarce.
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During the Great Depression, my grandmother used to catch a Hoover hog and roast it over an open fire when food was scarce.
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