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Holy Iden, n
... Also Holy Idam , Holy Idy Perh from Efik Idem a superhuman being and object of prayer In hoodoo 1a : a special name...
In hoodoo 1a: a special name or prayer used to command favorable circumstances; see quot.
cala, n1, also attrib
... more West African languages, as Nupe kàrà a fried cake; Yoruba, Igbo, Efik àkàrà an oily cake made from beans ground and fried. Cf also Common Bantu ...
New Orleans LouisianaA fritter, usu made of rice, sometimes of ground black-eyed peas: see quot 1945.
buckra, n, also attrib 
... Also barker, buckrah, buckruh, bucra; formerly boccarorra, bucker Efik mbakára he who surrounds or governs, White man; cf DJE backra 1688 → ch...
chiefly South Carolina, Georgia coasts1 A boss, master.
2
a Any white person; white people—now usu considered derog.
b in phrr po(or) buckra and (perh by folk-etym) poor barker: =poor White 1; hence n poor barkery; see quot 1952.
3 attrib: Of the white race; by ext, white in color.