Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A dance: same as
breakdown .
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- noun Alternative spelling of
hoedown .
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Examples
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Madrigale gave some awesome insight on Twitter from this past week at the Burgundy hoe-down, #LaPaulee
Finding a deal on the wine list at Bar Boulud in NYC | Dr Vino's wine blog 2010
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Joe, this is not some barnyard hoe-down ... it's Congress for pete's sakes
GOP congressman heckles Obama during health-care speech 2009
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Mounyati sounds like a violin-backed Arabic country hoe-down, and Douka Dance mixes Arabic embellishments with what could be a sturdy English folk theme.
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I'm glad this Buckeye didn't have to help mediate a Hoosier hoe-down! lol
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It seems pretty clear that the Republicans and Senator Clinton think we are all actually dumb enough to fall for this -- that we'll knock back a couple of shots, slaughter some hawgs and get ready for a hoe-down to celebrate our GAS TAX HOLIDAY!
Zogby: Obama's Lead In North Carolina Shrinks, Indiana A Dead Heat 2009
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Similarly, it becomes increasing difficult to cast anyone as diabolical undoers of everything honest and good during a hoe-down.
Shaun Casey: Hey Republicans, It's Time for Some Old Timey Politics 2009
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Selena: ...hee haw hee haw hee haw ::makes hoe-down elbow gestures::
Archive 2009-01-01 2009
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I should mention that June's b-day party on Sunday was a topnotch hoe-down.
Ain't No Party Like a Drunken Toddler Birthday Party 'Cause a Drunken Toddler Birthday Party Don't Stop* Slimbolala 2006
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HAMMER: At least, she didn ` t start doing some kind of hoe-down dance, you know what I ` m saying?
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I don't know for sure, but it looks like it was a real hoe-down hootenanny fun time.
Ride 'em, cowboy Sinfonian 2007
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