fortune cookie
Americannoun
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fortune cookies
plural
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of fortune cookie
First recorded in 1960–65
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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
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
Arttu Luukanen, the team’s representative at the event, offered me a bright yellow fortune cookie made from the powder.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 12, 2023
On a recent visit to Salt Lake City, Alexander Dyck ordered Chinese takeout and received a branded fortune cookie wishing him wealth and promoting FTX, presumably packaged before the crypto empire’s epic collapse.
From New York Times ● Jan. 14, 2023
“So now we’re resorting to fortune cookie wisdom? Like that’s going to help put food in our kids’ mouths?”
From "Crenshaw" by Katherine Applegate
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