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- noun US, dialect A
charm ,amulet ortalisman , of African origin.
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Examples
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You are about to set sail with some new gris-gris.
The Bushman Way of Tracking God PhD Bradford Keeney 2010
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Then you need some gris-gris pronounced “gree-gree”: some voodoo/hoodoo medicine that aims to ward off a problematic spell.
The Bushman Way of Tracking God PhD Bradford Keeney 2010
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Carry your flag with you at all times, for your tiniest fingernail carries a message, a declaration that there is gris-gris at hand.
The Bushman Way of Tracking God PhD Bradford Keeney 2010
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Take a black marking pen and write G-G for gris-gris on your left pinkie.
The Bushman Way of Tracking God PhD Bradford Keeney 2010
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An unfamiliar world is stretched out before me: crowds of tourists and palm readers at every corner, tap dancers, fiddlers, psychics, and shops where people can buy gris-gris and spells.
The Memory Palace Mira Bartók 2011
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He studied my neck, then grabbed the gris-gris that hung from it and yanked it off.
My Fair Succubi Jill Myles 2011
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An unfamiliar world is stretched out before me: crowds of tourists and palm readers at every corner, tap dancers, fiddlers, psychics, and shops where people can buy gris-gris and spells.
The Memory Palace Mira Bartók 2011
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He studied my neck, then grabbed the gris-gris that hung from it and yanked it off.
My Fair Succubi Jill Myles 2011
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He studied my neck, then grabbed the gris-gris that hung from it and yanked it off.
My Fair Succubi Jill Myles 2011
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Augustine gave her back the gris-gris bag, then coiled the pendants and their chains into the palm of her hand.
Black Dust Mambo Adrian Phoenix 2010
treeseed commented on the word gris-gris
an amulet or talisman used in Voodoo, may be a small bag with several items that together are a talisman
January 20, 2008