单词 | hoedown |
释义 | hoedownn. U.S. A noisy, riotous dance; = breakdown n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > African-American dancing > [noun] calinda1763 juba18.. hoedown1841 breakdowna1864 cakewalk1902 scronch1926 Lindy Hop1931 Zydeco1949 1807 Salmagundi 7 Mar. 98 As to dancing, no Long-Island negro could shuffle you ‘double trouble’, or ‘hoe corn and dig potatoes’ more scientifically.] 1841 Daily Picayune (New Orleans) 14 Jan. 2/1 He looks and walks the character to the life, and some of his touches are of the genuine ‘hoe down’, ‘corn-field’ order. 1849 T. T. Johnson Sights Gold Region iv. 38 One of our party commenced a regular hoe-down, knocking his shins with heavy boots. 1855 Knickerbocker 46 227 Rude, high-legged reels and ‘hoe-downs’. 1860 in J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 3) 1885 Libr. Mag. (N.Y.) July 1 They [negroes] danced their vigorous hoe~downs, jigs. 1919 T. K. Holmes Man from Tall Timber vii. 84 A medley of old-time hoe-downs and jig music. 1961 Times 30 Mar. 6/7 The hoe-down sequence in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. 1963 Punch 3 July 23/3 I was invited to the last hoe-down. 1967 ‘J. Munro’ Money that Money can't Buy ix. 114 Two more cowboys appeared... They played hoe-down music. 1969 Guardian 2 Sept. 8/2 The atmosphere was that of..a hoedown in—well, perhaps in Hibbing, Minn. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < |
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