"foo-foo" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} foo-foo (uncountable)
  1. Alternative spelling of fufu Tags: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Alternative form of: fufu Related terms: foo-foo band
    Sense id: en-foo-foo-en-noun--icuP73V Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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          "ref": "2007, Elphinstone Dayrell, Folk Stories from Southern Nigeria, page 35:",
          "text": "The king, however, refused to do this; but as he was rather sorry for the tortoise, he said he would present him with a magic foo-foo tree, which would the tortoise and his family with food, […] Every day it dropped foo-foo and soup on the ground.",
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