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fortune cookie
noun
: a thin cookie served in Chinese restaurants that contains a slip of paper on which a message (such as a prediction about your future) is printed
Full Definition of FORTUNE COOKIE
: a thin cookie folded to contain a slip of paper on which is printed a fortune, proverb, or humorous statement
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First Known Use of FORTUNE COOKIE
1940
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