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Meanings of fortunetelling in English

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

        Usage of fortunetelling in English
        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
        Frequent collocations
        Fortunetelling through the time