"luck ball" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: luck balls [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} luck ball (plural luck balls)
  1. A type of charm designed to bring good luck, consisting of a ball containing a mixture of herbs and other magical ingredients. Categories (topical): Occult
    Sense id: en-luck_ball-en-noun-LLMZLxyW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "text": "[T]he priest or priestess had to learn how to make love charms and various objects to cause enchantments; such as fingers-of-death, hands-of-love, luck balls and tricken-bags, the names of which adequately express their purpose.",
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