A person who professes to predict the future in return for money.
"Cross my palm with silver and I'll tell you your fortune," said the fortune teller.
A cootie catcher.
The usual exchange between English children is as follows: A: Who do you love? (referring to one of the names on the fortune-teller) B: Simon. A: S-I-M-O-N (alternately opens and shuts the device as he or she says each letter).
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