单词 | conjure doctor |
释义 | > as lemmasconjure doctor conjure doctor n. originally U.S. regional (southern). a person skilled in the practice of conjure (see sense Additions 1). ΚΠ 1873 Alexandria (Va.) Gaz. 23 Aug. She then consulted a conjure doctor who directed the nails to be placed in a small keg. 1895 L. Herron in A. Dundes Mother Wit (1973) 360/2 The conjure doctor's business was of two kinds; to conjure, or ‘trick’, a person, and to cure persons already ‘conjured’. 2009 Jrnl. Film & Video 61 54/1 North Carolina's most famous root doctor or conjure doctor. < as lemmas |
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