HOEDOWN

Etymology

Noun

hoedown (plural hoedowns)

A type of American folk or square dance.

The type of music typically played for such a dance

A gathering at which such dances take place.

Verb

hoedown (third-person singular simple present hoedowns, present participle hoedowning, simple past and past participle hoedowned)

To dance a hoedown dance

Anagrams

• Donohew, Henwood, woodhen

Source: Wiktionary



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Coffee Trivia

The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.

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