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fortune cookie

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noun

a thin folded wafer containing a prediction or maxim printed on a slip of paper: often served as a dessert in Chinese restaurants.

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Nearby words

  1. fortuity,
  2. fortuna,
  3. fortunate,
  4. fortunately,
  5. fortune,
  6. fortune five hundred,
  7. fortune hunter,
  8. fortune-hunter,
  9. fortune-teller,
  10. fortuneteller

Origin of fortune cookie

First recorded in 1960–65
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

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Word Origin and History for fortune cookie

fortune cookie

n.

by 1955, said to have been invented in 1918 by David Jung, Chinese immigrant to America who established Hong Kong Noodle Co., who handed out cookies that contained uplifting messages as a promotional gimmick.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper