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luck ball

luck ball noun: a type of charm designed to bring good luck, consisting of a ball containing a mixture of herbs and other magical ingredients.

Noun

luck ball (plural luck balls)

  1. A type of charm designed to bring good luck, consisting of a ball containing a mixture of herbs and other magical ingredients.
    • [T]he priest or priestess had to learn how to make love charms and various objects to cause enchantments; such as fingers-of-death, hands-of-love, luck balls and tricken-bags, the names of which adequately express their purpose.1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 190
    • "I have no belief in your tricken-bags, your luck-balls, your mysterious revelation from the snake, and spells from conjure-stones."2013, David Murray, Matter, Magic, and Spirit: Representing Indian and African American Belief, Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, page 58

Forms of luck ball

pluralluck balls

Questions about luck ball

What does luck ball mean?
Luck ball means a type of charm designed to bring good luck, consisting of a ball containing a mixture of herbs and other magical ingredients.
What part of speech is luck ball?
Luck ball is a noun.
What is the plural of luck ball?
The plural of luck ball is luck balls.

Words near luck ball in the dictionary

  1. lucite
  2. Lucius
  3. lucivee
  4. lucivees
  5. luck
  6. luck ball
  7. luck balls
  8. luck dragon
  9. luck dragons
  10. luck in
  11. luck into

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