OKIES

Every clue on record, most used first

• Steinbeck migrants2 times

  The New York Times — Wednesday, 13 May 2009

• Dust Bowl migrantsonce

  The New York Times — Monday, 1 August 2011

• The Joads, e.g.once

  The New York Times — Wednesday, 9 March 2005

• The Joads, e.g., in "The Grapes of Wrath"once

  The New York Times — Tuesday, 14 December 2004

• 1930's have-notsonce

  The New York Times — Sunday, 24 October 2004

• Steinbeck charactersonce

  The New York Times — Thursday, 16 September 2004

• Dust Bowl driftersonce

  The New York Times — Tuesday, 5 August 2003

• Dust Bowl farmersonce

  The New York Times — Sunday, 17 June 2001

• Rubes, in old slangonce

  The New York Times — Sunday, 11 February 1996