BREAKDOWN
\bɹˈe͡ɪkda͡ʊn], \bɹˈeɪkdaʊn], \b_ɹ_ˈeɪ_k_d_aʊ_n]\
Definitions of BREAKDOWN
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- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A noisy, rapid, shuffling dance engaged in competitively by a number of persons or pairs in succession, as among the colored people of the Southern United States, and so called, perhaps, because the exercise is continued until most of those who take part in it break down.
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Any rude, noisy dance performed by shuffling the feet, usually by one person at a time.
By Oddity Software
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A noisy, rapid, shuffling dance engaged in competitively by a number of persons or pairs in succession, as among the colored people of the Southern United States, and so called, perhaps, because the exercise is continued until most of those who take part in it break down.
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Any rude, noisy dance performed by shuffling the feet, usually by one person at a time.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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