hoedown（n.）
“喧闹的舞蹈”，1841年，美国南部，显然最初是特定舞蹈的名称，可能是因为舞蹈动作与农场杂务相似，因此来自 hoe（锄头）。
The step of every negro dance that was ever known, was called into requisition and admirably executed. They performed the "double shuffle," the "Virginny break-down," the "Kentucky heeltap," the "pigeon wing," the "back balance lick," the "Arkansas hoe down," with unbounded applause and irresistible effect. ["Scouting Expeditions of McCulloch's Texas Rangers," 1848]
每个黑人舞蹈中的步骤都被召唤并出色地执行。他们表演了 "double shuffle," 、"Virginny break-down," 、"Kentucky heeltap," 、"pigeon wing," 、"back balance lick," 、"Arkansas hoe down,"，获得了无限的掌声和不可抗拒的效果。["McCulloch's Texas Rangers 的侦察远征"，1848]
“锄玉米，挖烟草”被记录为1838年奴隶歌曲合唱中的一句歌词，华盛顿·欧文（Washington Irving）在1807年写了一首名为“锄玉米和挖土豆”的舞蹈。
The same precedence is repeated until all the merchandise is disposed of, the table is then banished the room, and the whole party hoe it down in straight fours and set dances, till the hour when "ghosts wandering here and there, troop home to church-yards." This is what we kintra folk call a strauss. ["Der Teufelskerl. A Tale of German Pennsylvania," in Burton's Gentleman's Magazine, January 1840]
同样的先例一直持续到所有商品都被处理完毕，然后桌子被赶出房间，整个聚会以直四和集体舞蹈的形式继续，直到“鬼魂在这里和那里游荡，回到教堂墓地为止。”这就是我们 kintra 人所说的 strauss。[“德国宾夕法尼亚的魔鬼。一个故事”，刊于伯顿绅士杂志，1840年1月]
该词起源时间：1841年