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Meanings of fortune-telling in anglès

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Practice of predicting information about a person's life.

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        The practice of predicting information about a person's future.

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              Examples for "fortunetelling"
              Examples for "fortunetelling"
              1
              Surely, while God was prohibiting fortunetelling and bestiality he could have mentioned something about misuses of fried-chicken slabs.
              Wired
              2
              Herbalists and hedge-doctors were lying low in Caemlyn right now; there was talk against anyone who did any kind of healing, or fortunetelling.
              To the blight: the eye of the world
              3
              "Knowing that rather takes the glamour out of fortunetelling-makesit the simplest, most obvious thing imaginable."
              The Sirens of Titan
              4
              "Local statutes against fortunetelling," burst out Judge Robinson.
              Greener Than You Think
              5
              "She didn't like my fortunetelling," said Rumfoord.
              The Sirens of Titan
              Usage of fortune-telling in anglès
              1
              In truth, Sabina knew she had no professional future in the fortune-telling business.
              A fare to remember: just whistle\driven to distraction\taken for...
              2
              Naturally, the media focused on his condemnation of a vast money-spinning, fortune-telling industry.
              The Irish Times
              3
              Like many fortune-telling sessions, the predictions were often murky, incomprehensible, or simply safe.
              Wired
              4
              The fortune-telling witch was right; it was destined to prove so.
              The Life of Lord Byron
              5
              So I will, said I; for I have enough of fortune-telling.
              Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded
              6
              She was running a phony fortune-telling business, swindled people out of their money.
              Book of shadows
              7
              Divination and fortune-telling have always played a conspicuous part in ordinary Chinese life.
              The Civilization of China
              8
              As long as it was only fortune-telling she was doing, it was legal.
              The Oracle Glass
              9
              The manikin in the fortune-telling machine wasn't the usual head-and-shoulders model.
              Moon Over Soho
              10
              Tyler perched himself on the edge of Miss Magda's fortune-telling table.
              Cooking Up Murder
              11
              Some of them border on what I would characterise as fortune-telling.
              The Guardian
              12
              Fanah Leerulenal, a leather engraver, did not consider himself an aficionado of fortune-telling.
              Dancer’s Lament
              13
              They say that she knows things, like fortune-telling and spells and love potions.
              Emily Fox-Seton / Being "The Making of a Marchioness" and "The M...
              14
              From his accounts, it seems they were much addicted to fortune-telling.
              The Prehistoric World; Or, Vanished Races
              15
              They remained here several days, and made a business of fortune-telling.
              Mohammed Ali and His House
              16
              Yes: tell HIM where he come from if you want to go fortune-telling.
              Pygmalion
              Translations for fortune-telling