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fortune cookie (n.)

by 1955, said to have been invented in 1918 by David Jung, Chinese immigrant to America who established Hong Kong Noodle Co., who handed out cookies that contained uplifting messages as a promotional gimmick.

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Definitions of fortune cookie from WordNet

fortune cookie (n.)
thin folded wafer containing a maxim on a slip of paper;
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