seven-veil dance

A form of dance of the seven veils — A striptease performance.

Meanings

nounseven-veil dance (plural seven-veil dances)

plural seven-veil dances

  1. alternativeAlternative form of dance of the seven veils.

    It is a political offering – the Eurovision palaver, where Madonna hamfistedly tried to engineer peace in the Middle East, was a foreshadowing – but one in which Madonna’s meanings often perform a kind of seven-veil dance.

    2019 June 8, Kitty Empire, “Madonna: Madame X review – a splendidly bizarre return to form”, in The Guardian
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