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Salome

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Sa·lo·me  (s-lm, sl-m)
In the New Testament, the daughter of Herodias and niece of Herod Antipas, who granted her the head of John the Baptist in return for her dancing.
Salome [səˈləʊmɪ]
n
(Christian Religious Writings / Bible) New Testament the daughter of Herodias, at whose instigation she beguiled Herod by her seductive dancing into giving her the head of John the Baptist
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Noun1.SalomeSalome - woman whose dancing beguiled Herod into giving her the head of John the Baptist
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Salome [səˈləʊmɪ] N → Salomé


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It was a pleasing sight to see him, poised on one foot in the attitude of a Salome dancer, with one eye on the man with the ball, the other gazing coldly on the rest of the opposition forward line, uncurl abruptly like the main-spring of a watch and stop a hot one.
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