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hoedown definition

☆ hoe·down (hō′do̵un′)

noun

  1. a lively, rollicking dance, often a square dance
  2. music for this
  3. a party at which hoedowns are danced

Etymology: prob. of black orig.; assoc. with breakdown, sense

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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