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whammy noun- a curse or hex US, 1940
- The evil eye thus averted, along with all other forms of hex, whammy and squitch, he went on to Phil Kronfield’s[.] — Bernard Wolfe, The Late Risers, p. 36, 1954
- All those psychologists in the pit are trying to put the whammy down on you. — Edward Lin, Big Julie of Vegas, p. 123, 1974
- I propose to consider the following in this and subsequent pieces: the Red Sox in particular, with occasional references to the Giants; African witch doctors and whammies (a subject about which I have some knowledge). — Bill Cardoso, The Maltese Sangweech, p. 139, 1984
- “Do you think Mia will put a whammy on him?” “Hester Birmingham, you know Mia doesn’t do whammies.” — Nora Roberts, Face the Fire, p. 31, 2002
- something that is upsetting or sets you back US
- A man can weather a little ill fortune once in a while, but a triple whammy like that was too psychologically depressing. — Robert Gover, One Hundred Dollar Misunderstanding, p. 9, 1961
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