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- noun Plural form of
Okie .
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Examples
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The term Okies became the standard pejorative for all migrants who fled the dry plains in search of work and food.
Storm Warning Nancy Mathis 2007
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Two helpings of Smokin 'Okies beans, no matter how delicious, is excessive.
Archive 2009-08-09 Tyler 2009
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Two helpings of Smokin 'Okies beans, no matter how delicious, is excessive.
Things I learned this weekend Tyler 2009
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These people would later become known as Okies, and those who joined them from Arkansas would become Arkies.
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These people would later become known as Okies, and those who joined them from Arkansas would become Arkies.
Expecting Rain 2008
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These people would later become known as Okies, and those who joined them from Arkansas would become Arkies.
Expecting Rain 2008
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Dubbed "Okies" - and described in the novels of John Steinbeck and the songs of Woody Guthrie, and photographed by Dorothea Lange and Walker Evans - they quickly discovered, in insanitary migrant camps, picking fruit for starvation wages, that the West Coast was no Eden.
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The one "certainty" during the whole Seattle / "Thunder" mess was that, sure, the Okies are the devil incarnate but they are undeniably wealthy.
Blazer's Edge 2009
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The Grapes of Wrath (1940), Steinbeck's long novel about "Okies" (Oklahoma farmers) trying to survive during the Dust Bowl of the 1930s, brought Steinbeck fame and fortune.
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The Grapes of Wrath (1940), Steinbeck's long novel about "Okies" (Oklahoma farmers) trying to survive during the Dust Bowl of the 1930s, brought Steinbeck fame and fortune.
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