| 词汇 | conjure bag |
| 词源 | conjure bag. A collection of magic charms tied in a ball and kept in a small bag, used to ward off evil spirits or gain control over someone; also called a conjure ball and kungu. “The con- jurer’s bag of the Africans . . . is called ‘waiter’ or ‘kunger’ by blacks, and is supposed to have the power to charm away evil spirits, and do all manner of miraculously good things for its wearers,” Edmund Kirks wrote in My Southern Friends (1863). |
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