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Meanings of palm reading in English

Portuguese
leitura da sorte
Catalan
quiromància
Spanish
lectura de manos
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Telling fortunes by lines on the palm of the hand.

        leitura da sorte
        Synonyms
        Examples for "palmistry"
        Examples for "palmistry"
        1
        He perceived at once that palmistry was after all a terrible reality.
        The Matador of the Five Towns and Other Stories
        2
        Without meaning to pun, we may dismiss the claims of palmistry offhand.
        The Foundations of Personality
        3
        He asked me if I had ever made a study of palmistry.
        A. V. Laider
        4
        There are so many young girls who go in for palmistry.
        A. V. Laider
        5
        I am not superstitious, but I believe in palmistry to a certain extent.
        The Deluge
        1
        They pretend to a knowledge of chiromancy, but know nothing about it.
        The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803 — Volume 04 of 55 / 1576-1582 ...
        2
        This decree of chiromancy frightened considerably both Bertha and the maid.
        Droll Stories — Volume 3
        3
        Works, too, were there, by writers less renowned, on astrology, geomancy, chiromancy, etc.
        A Strange Story — Volume 03
        4
        Balzac was interested in the occult sciences-inchiromancy and cartomancy.
        Women in the Life of Balzac
        5
        He addicted himself to astrology, chemistry, and the still more frivolous sciences of chiromancy and physiognomy.
        Lives of the Necromancers
        Usage of palm reading in English
        1
        I'm going to Cincinnati and start a palm reading and clairvoyant joint.
        The Gentle Grafter
        2
        Roy wondered if he dared ask for a palm reading.
        Dark rivers of the heart
        3
        There ain't going to be any playing, or philandering, or palm reading about it.
        Waifs and Strays / Part 1
        4
        Anna gave him his final palm reading just a few weeks before Jude packed her stuff.
        Heart-shaped box
        5
        Primi, you are morbid-onelittle palm reading?
        The Oracle Glass
        6
        Having finished with that conversation, I was merely offering to demonstrate the art of palm reading to your lady.
        The Mammoth Book of Steampunk
        7
        They may take all of us, but no power on earth, not even palm reading, can move that monster.
        The Motor Girls Through New England; or, Held by the Gypsies
        8
        In this group context, Ward tries to keep it light-hearted and starts off with tarot cards but can also bring in palm reading.
        The Irish Times
        9
        They might object to having you break in on their silly tea-talk, the police might raid the place if you danced-butpalm reading!
        The Shield of Silence
        10
        You're not going to give me any of your sneaky palm readings!
        Death Mask
        11
        Someone to take her mind off of auras and palm readings.
        Dolly departed
        12
        Tarot cards, palm readings, séances, stuff like that.
        Mob rules
        13
        Palm reading, $15.00; Crystal Ball Reading, $20.00; Numerology Reading, $25.00.
        Sins of the Fathers
        14
        But so can all the crystal ball readings, palm readings, horoscopes, and tarot cards, revived in recent years against the background of illiteracy.
        The Civilization of Illiteracy
        Translations for palm reading