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witches' ladder

witches' ladder is the alternative form of witch's ladder.

Meaning of witch's ladder

Noun

witch's ladder (plural witch's ladders)

  1. In folk magic, a charm or talisman made from knotted or plaited cord or hair, with various things like feathers braided or knotted into it.
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:witch's ladder.

Forms of witches' ladder

pluralwitches' ladders

Questions about witches' ladder

What is witches' ladder the alternative form of?
Witches' ladder is the alternative form of witch's ladder.

Words near witches' ladder in the dictionary

  1. witches' butters
  2. witches' cauldron
  3. witches' hair
  4. witches' hats
  5. witches' knickers
  6. witches' ladder
  7. witches' ladders
  8. witches' milk
  9. witches' Sabbat
  10. witches' Sabbath
  11. witches' Sabbaths

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Adapted from Wiktionary: witches' ladder (page history and authors); witch's ladder (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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