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pishogue
[pi-shohg]
noun
Irish English.
a spell, charm, or hex.
He feared the bad luck was due to a pishogue on him.
sorcery; witchcraft.
a practitioner of witchcraft or healing magic.
They went to see the pishogue in hopes of curing the cough.
a superstition.
There's an old pishogue that a pregnant woman hit with something will have a baby with a birthmark where she was hit.
pishogue
/ ɪˈʃəʊɡ /
noun
sorcery; witchcraft
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of pishogue1
First recorded in 1820–30; from Irish piseog “charm, spell”
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of pishogue1
from Irish piseog, pisreog
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A pishogue, if you know what that is.
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MARION: Let him look, the pishogue!
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