fortune cookie
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of fortune cookie
First recorded in 1960–65
Example Sentences
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Curtis described Freakier Friday - about a mother and daughter who switch bodies thanks to a magical Chinese fortune cookie - as "more fun and more emotional" than their 2003 film.
From BBC • Aug. 10, 2024
He came across the phrase on a slip of paper in a Chinese fortune cookie back in the early 1990s, and pasted it, as he regularly did other finds, in a notebook.
From New York Times • Jun. 7, 2024
Originally called “motto hearts,” the heart-shaped candies were conceived from a “cockle,” a Civil War-era scalloped candy that contained a wholesome message written on colored paper inside it, akin to a fortune cookie.
From Salon • Feb. 13, 2024
On any given afternoon at Reclaim Clay, which Wilson and Matsuo started in a former fortune cookie factory, studio members might lounge around, joking while carving stripes into mugs or painting checkerboards on vases.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 5, 2023
Yum Li has put the third fortune cookie into the smallest to-go container I have ever seen.
From "Liar & Spy" by Rebecca Stead
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