dustbowl

noun3

1. •
   An area which abounds in dust and which is very dry.

   • Taking up space in the dustbowl of his bedroom was a Marshall JCM 800 bass amplifier. — 2014
2. •
   The central region of the United States during the 1930s.

   • It's a long way from earlier circuits, such as Woody Guthrie's dustbowl odyssey and Pete Seeger's union halls. — 2011
3. •
   The 1930s period.