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hoodoo
[hoo-doo]
/ ˈhu du /
NOUN
African American folk magic
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VERB
jinx
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On the telegraph wire are butcher birds, hoopoos, kingfishers, and a vivid blue bird a little like a jay, the roller bird I believe.
From From Edinburgh to India & Burmah by Burn Murdoch, W. G. (William Gordon)
