fortune : Idioms & Phrases
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- Fortune hunter
- one who seeks to acquire wealth by marriage.
Webster 1913
Fortune book
- a book supposed to reveal future events to those who consult it.
Webster 1913
fortune cookie
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noun thin folded wafer containing a maxim on a slip of paper
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fortune hunter
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noun a person who seeks wealth through marriage
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Fortune teller
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noun a person who foretells your personal future
fortuneteller.
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- one who professes to tell future events in the life of another.
Webster 1913
Fortune telling
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noun the art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means
divination; foretelling; soothsaying.
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- the practice or art of professing to reveal future events in the life of another.
Webster 1913
good fortune
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noun an auspicious state resulting from favorable outcomes
luckiness; good luck.
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noun a stroke of luck
fluke; good luck.
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small fortune
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noun a large sum of money
- he made a small fortune in the commodities market
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soldier of fortune
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noun a person hired to fight for another country than their own
mercenary.