[Ads-l] Antedating of "Hoodoo"

Shapiro, Fred fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU
Tue Mar 26 00:31:37 UTC 2024


hoodoo (OED 1866 [25 Oct.])

1866 _Savannah Republican_ 1 Jan. 2/3 (America's Historical Newspapers)  "_I's done wid you, old witch man_! He's old king hoodoo, shuah !"

Fred Shapiro

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