Meanings
- nonstandardpluralplural of talisman
They had fetiches and talismen, who bring good fortune.
1911, James H. Anderson, Riddles of Prehistoric Times, page 2054 more examples
It is easy to understand how the sale or barter of talismen begun.
1934, Charles W. Warner, Quacks, page 38A talisman of the Grand Shrine of Ise was placed vertically within the shrine. There were also talismen for the guardian kami.
1988, Richard McGill, Omamori, page 234The 1960s and ‛70s counterculture borrowed many fetishes and talismen from other cultures to adorn themselves and their surroundings.
2004, John Bassett McCleary, The Hippie Dictionary: A Cultural Encyclopedia (and Phraseicon) of the 1960s, page 149Many parents also place a variety of talismen or safe (“jujus”) on their babies.
2004, James Fairhead, Melissa Leach, Mary Small, Childhood vaccination and society in the Gambia, page 20
Origin
Plural of talisman by erroneous analogy with man → men; compare shamen.
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