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fortune-teller en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of fortune teller.
    • The usual exchange between English children is as follows: A: Who do you love? (referring to one of the names on the fortune-teller) B: Simon. A: S-I-M-O-N (alternately opens and shuts the device as he or she says each letter). 2006, Andrew Wright, David Betteridge, Michael Buckby, Games for Language Learning, page 137:

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fortune-tellers Number=Plur lexicographic