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  • noun Plural form of breakdancer.

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Examples

  • London Operatic Misfortune The U.K. premiere of Judith Weir's new opera "Miss Fortune" will offer a spectacular translation of the Sicilian folktale "Misfortune" into contemporary times, featuring breakdancers and burning kebab trucks amid an atmospheric score conducted by Paul Daniel.

    What's On Around Europe 2012

  • In this cavernous ballroom are breakdancers in baseball uniforms, mascots looking for new homes, the world's largest Dodgers jersey and men hawking beef jerky.

    At Baseball's Bazaar, There's Also A Sideshow Daniel Barbarisi 2011

  • In an interview, Mr. Chertkoff, who lives in Weehawken, N.J., said he posted an ad on Craigslist for "breakdancers also willing to dance in a hot dog suit."

    Songwriter Spreads Love for Hot Dogs 2010

  • In this video, breakdancers bust moves that have been around since the age of the boom-box, but the score, somewhere between 'Chariots of Fire' and a Hans Zimmer title sequence, takes the dance to a new, epic level.

    B-Boys and Violins: A Classical Breakdance The Huffington Post News Team 2010

  • I would have been all over that but they filled their quota with the breakdancers.

    TRAILER FOR ‘THE STRANGERS’ 2008

  • In this video, breakdancers bust moves that have been around since the age of the boom-box, but the score, somewhere between 'Chariots of Fire' and a Hans Zimmer title sequence, takes the dance to a new, epic level.

    B-Boys and Violins: A Classical Breakdance The Huffington Post News Team 2010

  • If you're hip, like beer, love good flamenco/jazz/soul/house music, think breakdancers are cool, use Facebook, dig video art, want to see a robot do graffiti or learn to walk on stilts -- you need to head to the Long View Gallery for the grand opening party of Digital Capital Week, a ten-day festival of technology taking place across D.C. Here's what the opening has on tap:

    Nightlife Agenda 2010

  • He had documented some 850 cars by the time he met Mr. Silver, who thought the rapidly emerging New York hip-hop scene with its taggers, breakdancers, DJs and MCs would make for a great movie.

    Graffiti Is Gone, but Its Story Can Be Salvaged 2010

  • French b-boy Junior, a.k.a. Buana, is probably one of the best breakdancers.

    Archive 2007-01-01 2007

  • This routine had a very lasting affect on the bboys/breakdancers on the west coast and helped create a whole style of dance. great steve martin.

    Cooper and Sheila | clusterflock 2009

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