fortune cookie

American  

noun

1. 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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Etymology

Origin of fortune cookie

First recorded in 1960–65

Example Sentences

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

The Solein-based fortune cookie was extremely hard to chew, though I give it some grace because it probably traveled all the way from Finland.

From Scientific American • Jun. 12, 2023

That evening An-mei and I went to work and searched through strips of fortune cookie papers, trying to find the right instructions to give to your father.

From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan