"breakdancer" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1998 July 6, Lola Ogunnaike, “NOTICED; Breakdancing Regains Its Footing”, in The New York Times:",
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          "text": "If the family had owned an allotment or even the smallest patch of grass anywhere on the estate they could call their own, Zoe would have dug a little grave with a spoon, lowered her little friend into the hole and made a headstone with a lolly stick.\nGingernut,\nMuch loved Hamster,\nExpert breakdancer,\nAnd sometime bodypopper.",
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          "ref": "2024 September 8, Mark Cooper, “Breakdancer Manizha Talash reveals ‘Free Afghan Women’ cape during Olympic performance”, in The New York Times:",
          "text": "An Olympic refugee team breakdancer used the first breaking battle in Olympic history to deliver a message to her home country.",
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        "One who breakdances."
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          "word": "breaker"
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          "word": "break-dancer"
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          "word": "break dancer"
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          "sense": "A person who does breakdancing",
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "breakdancer"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "A person who does breakdancing",
          "word": "breikkari"
        },
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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "A person who does breakdancing",
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          "word": "Breakdancer"
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "A person who does breakdancing",
          "word": "kaikanikani keretao"
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          "sense": "A person who does breakdancing",
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          "word": "breakdansare"
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      "sense": "A person who does breakdancing",
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      "word": "breakdancer"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "A person who does breakdancing",
      "word": "breikkari"
    },
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      "sense": "A person who does breakdancing",
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      "word": "Breakdancer"
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "A person who does breakdancing",
      "word": "kaikanikani keretao"
    },
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      "sense": "A person who does breakdancing",
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