Hoover wagon
(US, chiefly, historical) A broken-down or permanently out-of-gas car pulled by a horse, chiefly in the US during the Great Depression.
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(US, chiefly, historical) A broken-down or permanently out-of-gas car pulled by a horse, chiefly in the US during the Great Depression.
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