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snake dance
noun
Definition of SNAKE DANCE
1
: a ceremonial dance in which snakes or their images are handled, invoked, or symbolically imitated by individual sinuous actions
2
: a group progression in a single-file serpentine path (as in celebration of an athletic victory)
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First Known Use of SNAKE DANCE
1772
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