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fortune cookie

noun [C]
 
 

Definition

a biscuit containing a message, usually about your future, eaten especially after a Chinese mealGood luck and bad luck
(Definition of fortune cookie noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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