Meanings
nounfortune-teller (plural fortune-tellers)
plural fortune-tellers
- alternativeAlternative 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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