fetishry

English

Etymology

fetish +‎ -ry

Noun

fetishry (uncountable)

  1. Amulets; talismans.
    • 1885, William Makepeace Thackeray, The Cornhill Magazine (page 438)
      When the black man passes the bit of rag or broken stick or other fetishry in the tropic forest, he gifts it with all he has, […]
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