gris-gris
Americannoun
plural
gris-grisnoun
Example Sentences
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The “resourceful” grandchild of a “well-heeled gris-gris queen of some renown,” Miss Pearl “wasn’t above adapting one of her MeeMaw’s charms to assure order was fixed in the world she ruled.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 12, 2022
It sounds like Link Wray’s “Rumble” and Bo Diddley’s “Who Do You Love?” thrown together in a gris-gris bag, a roaring, tremolo-laden tidal wave of rhythm.
From Slate • Jun. 7, 2019
“You put the gris-gris on that boy,” she said, referring to a spell.
From Washington Post • Aug. 3, 2018
They cut pieces from the elephants’ ears to use as gris-gris.
From The New Yorker • May 4, 2015
Queen Marie had always told Hazel her gris-gris was “bunk and hokum.”
From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan
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