break'er down n Perhaps from break [h]er down. Cp DAE breakdown 'a noisy rollicking dance' (1819-). A session of lively square dancing; cp WALLOP'ER DOWN*.
   T 222-66 After the concert was over, there would be a dance, and it would always be square dances, and they would be called 'break-her-downs,' which I think is a very appropriate name. M 68-11 The gang went around together and gathered at one house or another every night for a scoff, scuff, time, or breaker-down. Q 71-10 I remember the breaker-downs we used to have in the old hall.

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