danse du ventre
Americannoun
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of danse du ventre
Borrowed into English from French around 1890–95
Example Sentences
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The Ferris Wheel was full of passengers, who watched with mounting concern as the funnel did its own danse du ventre across Jackson Park directly toward the Midway.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
People think that the so-called danse du ventre is an unnatural distortion, and in its customary exaggerations so it is.
From Impressions and Comments by Ellis, Havelock
There were great illuminations, singing, music with tambourine accompaniment and the danse du ventre.
From Memoirs (Vieux Souvenirs) of the Prince de Joinville by Loyd, Lady Mary Sophia (Hely-Hutchinson)
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