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Since the least conspicuous way for a woman to wear a hidden mojo is hanging from a string under her skirt - or, as Coot Grant put it, above her knee - a male blues singer is making a double entendre when he declares he's going to find that mojo.
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- noun A magic charm or spell.
- noun An amulet, often a small flannel bag containing one or more magic items, worn by adherents of hoodoo or voodoo.
- noun Personal magnetism; charm.
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Since the least conspicuous way for a woman to wear a hidden mojo is hanging from a string under her skirt - or, as Coot Grant put it, above her knee - a male blues singer is making a double entendre when he declares he's going to find that mojo.
— Blind Willie McTell Lyrics -
Given the healthy Democratic majority in the Senate, I'm not sure that his mojo is as critical as it might have been.
— RHRealityCheck.org -
Well, on the morning of Oct. 3, the mojo was there alright.
— Island Packet: Home -
(voice-over): And one man who is definitely not lost his mojo is the socialite and partygoer Nicky Heslum (ph).
— CNN Transcript May 8, 2005 -
Your mail order mojo is causing quite a mess
— Omar & The Howlers Lyrics
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- Perhaps ultimately from Fula moco'o, medicine man.
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