voodoo doll
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English
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Etymology
[edit]From a mistaken belief that the use of such effigies features in the voodoo religion of either Haiti or Louisiana.
Noun
[edit]voodoo doll (plural voodoo dolls)
- A poppet; a doll made to resemble a person in order to cast spells on them or to galvanize some change in them by modifying the doll, often by inserting pins and needles or by binding it.
Translations
[edit]doll fashioned to resemble a person for usually malicious magical intent
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