English Explanatory Dictionary

voodoo doll

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Word forms

voodoo doll voodoo dolls

Etymology

From a mistaken belief that the use of such effigies features in the voodoo religion of either Haiti or Louisiana.

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