fortune cookie
noun
: a thin cookie folded to contain a slip of paper on which is printed a fortune, proverb, or humorous statement
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web After dinner, the sole dessert on the menu is pineapple soft serve with pineapple-bun crumble, garnished with a fortune cookie. 
Tori Latham, Robb Report, 1 Sep. 2022 Sporting a 3-piece charcoal suit, the QB has meet-cutes with several beautiful women in New York City, sinks every pool ball, gets the Brut catchphrase in his fortune cookie and collects a handful of quarters after a payphone call. Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al, 22 July 2022 After all, who doesn’t get cheered up just a bit by finding an Easter Egg or reading a fortune cookie? John Tuohy, The Indianapolis Star, 3 June 2022 The last photo in the slide is of a fortune cookie message. Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 11 May 2022 Beyond luring people to Jade with bonbons and new confections — a line inspired by San Francisco will include fortune cookie chocolate bars — Fong also plans to throw events. Janelle Bitker, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Mar. 2022 Sign up for our trending newsletter to get the latest news of the day $4 million richer:A veteran used numbers from a fortune cookie to play the lottery. Quinlan Bentley, USA TODAY, 16 Feb. 2022 Along with his usual order of shrimp fried rice, Fierro got a fortune cookie at Red Bowl Asian Bistro in Charlotte on Jan. 8 during his weekly Saturday afternoon lunch with his wife. Washington Post, 3 Feb. 2022 The restaurant half of this nightlife behemoth is transforming its giant fortune cookie dessert for the Year of the Tiger, adding stripes on the outside and serving it with a hongbao, a red envelope traditionally given as a New Year gift. Samantha Nelson, chicagotribune.com, 31 Jan. 2022 See More
Tori Latham, Robb Report, 1 Sep. 2022 Sporting a 3-piece charcoal suit, the QB has meet-cutes with several beautiful women in New York City, sinks every pool ball, gets the Brut catchphrase in his fortune cookie and collects a handful of quarters after a payphone call. Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al, 22 July 2022 After all, who doesn’t get cheered up just a bit by finding an Easter Egg or reading a fortune cookie? John Tuohy, The Indianapolis Star, 3 June 2022 The last photo in the slide is of a fortune cookie message. Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 11 May 2022 Beyond luring people to Jade with bonbons and new confections — a line inspired by San Francisco will include fortune cookie chocolate bars — Fong also plans to throw events. Janelle Bitker, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Mar. 2022 Sign up for our trending newsletter to get the latest news of the day $4 million richer:A veteran used numbers from a fortune cookie to play the lottery. Quinlan Bentley, USA TODAY, 16 Feb. 2022 Along with his usual order of shrimp fried rice, Fierro got a fortune cookie at Red Bowl Asian Bistro in Charlotte on Jan. 8 during his weekly Saturday afternoon lunch with his wife. Washington Post, 3 Feb. 2022 The restaurant half of this nightlife behemoth is transforming its giant fortune cookie dessert for the Year of the Tiger, adding stripes on the outside and serving it with a hongbao, a red envelope traditionally given as a New Year gift. Samantha Nelson, chicagotribune.com, 31 Jan. 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1940, in the meaning defined above
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