Толковый словарь английского языка - hoodoo
Hoodoo
hoodoo
I. noun (plural ~s) Etymology: perhaps alteration of voodoo Date: 1875 a body of practices of sympathetic magic traditional especially among blacks in the southern United States, a natural column of rock in western North America often in fantastic form, something that brings bad luck, nonsense , hokum , ~ism noun II. transitive verb Date: 1886 to cast a spell on
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n. & v. esp. US --n. 1 a bad luck. b a thing or person that brings or causes this. 2 voodoo. 3 a fantastic rock pinnacle or column of rock formed by erosion etc. --v.tr. (hoodoos, hoodooed) 1 make unlucky. 2 bewitch. Etymology: alt. of VOODOO ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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