voodoo doll
English
editEtymology
editFrom a mistaken belief that the use of such effigies features in the voodoo religion of either Haiti or Louisiana.
Noun
editvoodoo 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
editdoll fashioned to resemble a person for usually malicious magical intent
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