Lexicographical Neighbors of Grisgris
Literary usage of Grisgris
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Encyclopaedia Britannica; Or A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and (1823)
"grisgris, a superstition very prevalent among the negroes in the interior parts
of Africa. The gris- gris, according to Le Maire, are certain Arabic ..."
2. Life and Light for Woman by Woman's Board of Missions (1907)
"That is a grisgris. In that house there a man was sick with a lung trouble ...
I tried several arguments to make them doubt the power of the grisgris^ but ..."
3. French Enterprise in Africa: The Personal Narrative of Lieut. Hourst of His by Hourst, Émile Auguste Léon Hourst, Nancy R. E. Meugens Bells (1898)
"The awful grisgris did, in fact, arrive in camp yesterday in the form of a black
goat. The poor creature did not look as if she were charged with venom. ..."
4. The London Encyclopaedia, Or, Universal Dictionary of Science, Art by Thomas Tegg (1829)
"The grisgris, according to Le Maire, are certain Arabic characters, ... The poorest
negro never goes to war without his grisgris, as a charm against wounds ..."
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