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pishogue
[ pi-shohg ]
noun
- a spell, charm, or hex:
He feared the bad luck was due to a pishogue on him.
- sorcery; witchcraft.
- a practitioner of witchcraft or healing magic:
They went to see the pishogue in hopes of curing the cough.
- a superstition:
There's an old pishogue that a pregnant woman hit with something will have a baby with a birthmark where she was hit.
pishogue
/ pɪˈʃəʊɡ /
noun
- sorcery; witchcraft
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Origin of pishogue1
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Origin of pishogue1
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Example Sentences
And when they were brought out to be burned the woman said, "Bring me out a bit of flax and I'll show you a pishogue."
And the woman put the tongs over the cradle where the baby was sleeping, for that is a pishogue.
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