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noun
An animal which is eaten by poor people during hard times, especially an armadillo or jackrabbit, but also a possum or squirrel.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Southern-US, US, especially
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
From Hoover (“US President Herbert Hoover”) + hog, because impoverished people were reduced to (and Hoover himself may have suggested) eating such animals during the Great Depression, which Hoover presided over the start of.
