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1 вещь, приносящая несчастье
Religion: hoodoo (Something that brings bad luck), jinxУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > вещь, приносящая несчастье
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2 человек, приносящий несчастье
1) General subject: Jonah2) Religion: hoodoo (Something that brings bad luck), jinxУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > человек, приносящий несчастье
См. также в других словарях:
hoodoo — I. noun (plural hoodoos) Etymology: perhaps alteration of voodoo Date: 1875 1. a body of practices of sympathetic magic traditional especially among blacks in the southern United States 2. a natural column of rock in western North America often… … New Collegiate Dictionary
hoodoo — one who practices voodoo, 1870, Amer.Eng., probably an alteration of VOODOO (Cf. voodoo). Meaning something that causes or brings bad luck is attested from 1880 … Etymology dictionary
Jinx — A jinx, in popular superstition and folklore, is: * A sort of curse placed on a person that makes them prey to large numbers of minor misfortunes and other forms of bad luck; * A person afflicted with a similar curse, who, while not directly… … Wikipedia