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Okies itinerant dust bowl farmers (1930s). [Am. Hist.: Van Doren, 455; Am. Lit.: The Grapes of Wrath] See : Poverty Okies Californians’ derogatory name for Oklahoma immigrants; meaning “ignorant tramps.” [Am. Lit.: The Grapes of Wrath] See : Unsophistication How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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What the Okies did to the Split-T was similar to what the veer would do to the Okie defense later on. The familiar images of Oklahoma are rural: the land rush of 1889, Okies fleeing the Dust Bowl, and 'the wind comes sweeping down the plain' in the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical. In 1937, Sarah and her family, like thousands of other Okies, pile their belongings on the bed of a truck and follow Route 66 west to the Pacific. |
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