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Date: 1900-2000
Origin: Perhaps from jynx type of bird used in doing magic (17-19 centuries), from Greek iygx

jinx

 noun
     
jinx [singular]
someone or something that brings bad luck, or a period of bad luck that results from this:
The company had suffered so many disasters that some employees feared a jinx.
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