toadstone

noun

Definition of toadstonenext
as in fetich

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for toadstone
  1. juju
  2. amulet
  3. fetish
  4. mascot
  5. talisman
Noun
  • Sacrifice a Hot ’n’ Ready halfway between second and third base in Comerica Park in hopes of breaking up the bad juju there?
    Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 17 June 2024
  • Seventies California was loaded with bad juju, from the Zodiac Killer to the Patty Hearst kidnapping to Jim Jones.
    Chris Vognar, Rolling Stone, 3 Dec. 2023
Definition of juju
Noun
  • Archeologists first discovered the amulet in a cemetery just outside Frankfurt during a 2017 to 2018 dig.
    Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 23 Dec. 2024
  • The silver amulet was buried with a man in his 30s or 40s who died between 230 and 270 C.E., per the Greek Reporter’s Abdul Moeed.
    Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of amulet
Noun
  • Corbet has made a fetish of ambition — the actor-turned-director’s own attempt at grandiloquent filmmaking and the ambition of his protagonist Laszlo Toth (Adrien Brody), a refugee from Nazi oppression.
    Armond White, National Review, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Pueblo artists sell their handiwork daily in the courtyard, and the center’s gift shop displays authentic Pueblo jewelry, pottery, clothing and textiles, fetishes, and more.
    Chadd Scott, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
Definition of fetish
Noun
  • The Hershey Bears are getting quite a bit of mascot support!
    Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 8 Jan. 2025
  • In this excerpt, Keri regales us with the tale of an epic 22-inning game, replete with a misbehaving mascot.
    Max Ufberg, hazlitt.net, 4 Jan. 2025
Definition of mascot
Noun
  • Rooney was also hampered by injuries to key personnel, including to his captain, Joe Edwards, Northern Ireland international goalkeeper Conor Hazard and forwards Morgan Whittaker — an attacking talisman who has attracted interest from other Championship clubs — Ibrahim Cissoko and Muhamed Tijani.
    Richard Amofa, The Athletic, 1 Jan. 2025
  • The chocolate gelt—half-off at that point, since Hannukah was usually over—felt like exotic talismans.
    Joanna Solotaroff, Vogue, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of talisman
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