hooverette

hooverette

English

Noun

hooverette (plural hooverettes)

1. Alternative letter-case form of Hooverette
   • 1936, Fashions of the Hour:

     Cotton broadcloth hooverette gives double service by reversing the overlapping front

   • 1937, Oral Hygiene:

     And over her dress she wore the hooverette. She didn't wear it for any hygienic purpose, only to protect her dress.

   • 1943, Consumer Reports:

     WHAT TO LOOK FOR: SMOCKS include the snug-fitting hooverette, […]

   • 1982, Lois Rita Helmbold, Making Choices, Making Do: Black and White Working Class Women's Lives and Work During the Great Depression

     More than two months after her request she received an allotment: two panties, two dresses, two hooverettes, […]

   • 2003, Eva B. Moses, To Plant Heaven, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 87:

     “How can I ever forget October 11th, 1919?” Hanna replied and smiled at Aaron. She blushed remembering their wedding night. “Play it, Ma,” shouted Etta as she tugged Hanna's hooverette dress. Hanna lifted the lid on the top of the Victrola.