hoe-down not in DARE

[Michael Quinion]

Jonathan Lighter wrote:

> A hootenanny, OTOH, as HDAS will tell you, is a term introduced to the wide
> world by the late Pete Seeger. Typically it involves a series of performers
> of old-time or commercial "folk" music taking turns before an audience,
> which is encouraged to sing along on the choruses.

As well as the better-known senses of the word, I've also found it used as
a slang term for an early motor car:

    http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-hoo6.htm

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Michael Quinion
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