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- noun Plural form of
fortune-teller .
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Examples
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We're not fortune-tellers but I think the regime has entered a tunnel it can't exit.
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There were fortune-tellers, jewelry makers, artisans, musicians . . . it was an eclectic mix of everything.
Darkness Becomes Her Kelly Keaton 2011
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In the square, snake charmers and fortune-tellers compete for attention with herbalists hawking homemade Viagra and self-proclaimed dentists hang out their shingle with rows of teeth and pliers arrayed on a cloth before them.
Rachel Newcomb: An Attack at the Heart of Morocco Rachel Newcomb 2011
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They were fortune-tellers like you, once, and fantastic ones.
The Future and Why We are Afraid Kenton deAngeli 2011
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Out of all the gentiles that Matthew might have chosen to include in the story, he picked astrologers and fortune-tellers, dream interpreters and magicians... the worst gentiles.
Rev. Dean Snyder: The Magi Rev. Dean Snyder 2011
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In the square, snake charmers and fortune-tellers compete for attention with herbalists hawking homemade Viagra and self-proclaimed dentists hang out their shingle with rows of teeth and pliers arrayed on a cloth before them.
Rachel Newcomb: An Attack at the Heart of Morocco Rachel Newcomb 2011
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There were fortune-tellers, jewelry makers, artisans, musicians . . . it was an eclectic mix of everything.
Darkness Becomes Her Kelly Keaton 2011
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It had a famous tower, three piers, an extra-long promenade, spectacular illuminations, all manner of amusements – from fortune-tellers to fairground attractions to tattooists – as well as the country's first Pleasure Beach.
Mass Photography: Blackpool Through the Camera – review 2011
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There were fortune-tellers, jewelry makers, artisans, musicians . . . it was an eclectic mix of everything.
Darkness Becomes Her Kelly Keaton 2011
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Out of all the gentiles that Matthew might have chosen to include in the story, he picked astrologers and fortune-tellers, dream interpreters and magicians... the worst gentiles.
Rev. Dean Snyder: The Magi Rev. Dean Snyder 2011
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