Assertion: armadillo | /r/Synonym | hoover hogs
Facets:
value: by people
type: OTHER
value: derogatorily
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: They were called “Hoover hogs” by people angry with
text: Armadillos were eaten during the Great Depression, when they were known as "Hoover Hogs", after President Hoover, who many felt had let them down by failing to provide enough work for people to afford meat.
text: They were derogatorily termed as “Hoover hogs” by people, after President Herbert Hoover failed to keep his promise of a “chicken in every pot”.
text: They were called “Hoover hogs” by people angry with
text: They were called "Hoover hogs" by people angry with then-President Herbert Hoover's broken promise of a chicken in every pot.