noun
Street Slang
gris-gris
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A voodoo charm to ward off evil — or wish it on someone.
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A voodoo amulet — usually a small cloth bag of herbs, stones, bones or written prayers — worn or hidden to protect the bearer, attract luck, or hex an enemy.
“She swears the gris-gris under her pillow is why the divorce went her way.”
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gris-gris In A Sentence
She swears the gris-gris under her pillow is why the divorce went her way.
Origin & Usage
West African origin (likely Mande), carried to Louisiana via the slave trade and folded into New Orleans Voodoo. Dr. John named his 1968 debut album Gris-Gris and locked the word into hippie/rock vocabulary.
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