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Definition of hoodoo noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

hoodoo

noun
 
/ˈhuːduː/
 
/ˈhuːduː/
(plural hoodoos)
(especially US English)
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  1. a person or thing that brings or causes bad luck
    Word Originlate 19th cent. (originally US): apparently an alteration of voodoo. It originally denoted a person who practised voodoo, hence a hidden cause of bad luck.
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