jadoon.
/ˈdʒɑːduː/ Magic, conjuring.
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the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > non-European magic (miscellaneous) > [noun]
makutu1846
jadoo1886
1886 R. Kipling Section 420 I. P. C. in Civil & Mil. Gaz. 30 Apr. 2/3 I said that if there was any jadoo afoot, I had not the least objection to giving it my countenance and sanction, and to seeing that it was clean jadoo (white magic—as distinguished from the unclean jadoo which kills folk.
Compounds
ˈjadoo-ˌwallah n. [wallah n.] a Hindu conjurer.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > legerdemain, etc. > [noun] > juggler or conjurer > types of
knife-warper?c1225
saccularian1652
fire-eater1676
fire king1796
juggler1807
stone-eater1820
sword-swallower1826
fire-swallower1857
salamander1859
jadoo-wallah1890
knife-thrower1905
gully-gully man1930
1890 Q. Rev. July 244 The Indian conjurers, or Jadoo-walla.
1924 J. A. Tyson Barge of Haunted Lives iv. 93 These took me before a jaboowallah [sic], who..had performed some of his tricks before me at Rajiid.
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