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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of hoodoo.

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Examples

  • Porcupine Jim declared that the place was "hoodooed" and as evidence enumerated the many accidents and delays.

    The Man from the Bitter Roots Caroline Lockhart 1916

  • Keith said at the time that he was "hoodooed" into believing that the senator's wife was suffering from a medical condition.

    unknown title 2009

  • Brad, having been hoodooed, like many of us, by the romance and magic of New Orleans, over time had remained attached to the fortunes of the city, so that when Katrina struck, he was deeply concerned, and could only grow more heart-broken and frustrated as he saw how desperate the plight of New Orleanians had become and continued to be as the folly and incompetence of government responses on all levels heightened.

    The Voice of the Wetlands Festival, Part 5: Brad Pitt and the Color Pink 2008

  • "" I know people on the outside think we've all been hoodooed, '' says one Lyons supporter.

    A Preacher On Trial 2008

  • Enraged, she ripped the tights to shreds, convinced that they had hoodooed her husband.

    The Secret Life of Houdini William Kalush 2006

  • Enraged, she ripped the tights to shreds, convinced that they had hoodooed her husband.

    The Secret Life of Houdini William Kalush 2006

  • Instead, she gets a pomegranate tree, a sack of hoodooed horehound candies, and a strange visitor—a boy who offers her a silver coin from his mouth and asks for directions to Elisia.

    12/17/2006 - 12/24/2006 Miss Snark 2006

  • Instead, she gets a pomegranate tree, a sack of hoodooed horehound candies, and a strange visitor—a boy who offers her a silver coin from his mouth and asks for directions to Elisia.

    HH Com 227 (223) Miss Snark 2006

  • Instead, she gets a pomegranate tree, a sack of hoodooed horehound candies, and a strange visitor—a boy who offers her a silver coin from his mouth and asks for directions to Elisia.

    Archive 2006-12-17 Miss Snark 2006

  • "You said Tom and Jerry were hoodooed," said Andy and Hortense together.

    The Cat in Grandfather's House Carl Henry Grabo

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