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An ornament, gem, or scroll, or a package containing a relic, etc., worn as a charm or preservative against evils or mischief, such as diseases and witchcraft, and generally inscribed with mystic forms or characters. [ Also used figuratively.]

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hacienda

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1. A large estate where work of any kind is done, as agriculture, manufacturing, mining, or raising of animals; a cultivated farm, with a good house, in distinction from a farming establishment with rude huts for herdsmen, etc.; -- a word used in Spanish- American regions.

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" Can you drop this for me, old man, when we are almost over the hacienda? - "The Thunder Bird", B. M. Bower.
Say, what do they hold you up for at this hacienda? - "Steve Yeager", William MacLeod Raine.
I'll search every inch of the island, every road, every hacienda. - "Romance", Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer.

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