grigri

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The elder bought houses and became a rentier The landlord handed the apothecary the following writing MR. JOSEPH FROWENFELD Think not that anybody is to be either poisoned by me nor yet to be made a sufferer by the exercise of anything by me of the character of what is generally known as grigri, otherwise magique.

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  • [6 6] I believe that similar charms or amulets, under the names of domini, grigri, fetich ;c. ;c. are common in all parts of Africa. —  Life and Travels of Mungo Park in Central Africa
  • My first lower was someone 50lbs lighter than me and the speed of the rope through the grigri spooked me.
  • So - if you use le grigri - be careful with this rope.
  • He used them to slide the rope through, as you might a grigri.
  • I don't currently have an autolocking belay device, and I was considering getting a grigri or a cinch.
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  1. French, of West African origin; akin to Balanta (Niger-Congo language of Guinea-Bissau and Senegal) grigri, amulet.
 

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