Dirty Thirties

1. noun, the depression years of the 1930s, so called in reference to the dust storms and drought on the prairies (DCHP); 2. attributive

1.
“He was one of these guys that grew up in the Dirty Thirties, and it was just hard to find a job.”

“I say, ‘It must have been really tough for a musician in the Dirty Thirties to make a living’. He said, ‘We never knew what the Depression was’.”

“Well, fortunately, that was back in the Dirty Thirties when the highway department took over our highway here, and he was one who was lucky enough to get the job.”

2.
“He farmed all his life around there. And he said for ten years he planted more wheat than he harvested in the Dirty Thirties Dust Bowl.”