She danced so male could get the chop! (6)

I believe the answer is:

salome

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'she' is the definition.

'danced so male could get the chop' is the wordplay.
'so male' can be anagrammed to 'SALOME'.
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(Other definitions for salome that I've seen before include "Herod's niece in Wilde play" , "Asked for the head of John the Baptist" , "13 dn for Herod" , "She danced famously for Herod" , "Biblical dancer" .)

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