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n. - An African amulet.

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Usage examples (5)
  • I saw a native doctor making his "greegree," or charm, for rain.
  • From moon to moon the chalk lay before the main idol in the greegree house, and thus absorbed the qualities that made it powerful in the spirit world.
  • (49) Grigri, greegree.
  • As for Stedman, he still went barefooted, still quarrelled with his colonel, still sketched the scenery and described the reptiles, still reared greegree worms for his...
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