Ouija board
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of Ouija board
C19: from French oui yes + German ja yes
Example Sentences
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He also cites use of the Ouija board during the American Civil War and people's interest in demons and witches during the troubled Jacobean era.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2023
Human skulls are pierced with coffin nails and human bones are turned into Ouija board pieces; almost nothing is off-limits in the U.K.’s thriving online human remains trade, a Live Science investigation has found.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 7, 2022
"It was like a Ouija board," Simpson continued after Kotb egged her on.
From Fox News ● Apr. 28, 2021
Take Gov. Gavin Newsom, whose pandemic response sometimes makes you wonder if he’s consulting a Ouija board.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 30, 2021
I pressed the pen between my hand and Miss Volker’s twisted palm and together we managed to slowly scrawl her name, letter by letter, as if we were receiving it from a Ouija board.
From "Dead End in Norvelt" by Jack Gantos
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