fortune cookie

American  

noun

• fortune cookies
  plural

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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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• fortune cookies
  plural

Etymology

Origin of fortune cookie

First recorded in 1960–65

Example Sentences

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fortune cookie

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

While dressing in a pair of pants he planned to wear on the cruise, Grimes said he found a fortune cookie fortune in the pant’s pocket that read “Life’s a beach. Enjoy the waves.”

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 2, 2022

The waiter and I are both paying close attention as Rhiannon cracks open her second fortune cookie.

From "Every Day" by David Levithan