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danse du ventre

[ French dahns dy vahn-truh ]

noun

, plural danses du ven·tre [dah, n, s d, y, , vahn, -t, r, uh].


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Word History and Origins

Origin of danse du ventre1

Borrowed into English from French around 1890–95
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Example Sentences

The men were too young to remember, but once, a long while before, she had done the danse du ventre at the greatest fair in history.

I looked down and there, among the rankly growing grasses of the moat, I saw a young girl, very thin, her black hair hanging and bound with bright handkerchiefs, sketching vaguely a danse du ventre.

The gorgeously grotesque company was seated in a gigantic circle upon the ball-room floor furiously applauding the efforts of two sweetly pretty girls who were performing the celebrated danse du ventre.

The women began a spirited danse du ventre.

The Salome dancers built a bridge of beads across what was regarded as a fixed gulf: it is difficult for stern moralists to stomach the danse du ventre.

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