hoodoo
noun/ˈhuːduː/
/ˈhuːduː/
(plural hoodoos)
(especially US English)- a person or thing that brings or causes bad luckWord 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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