"fortune stick" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1871 September 11, Indian Museum: Minutes of the Trustees, page 143:",
          "text": "6 Fortune sticks used in Chinese temples. Yunan.",
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          "ref": "1904, Jessie Juliet, Little Almond Blossoms: A Book of Chinese Stories for Children, page 142:",
          "text": "Ho chun thought that while they were there, they had better try throwing the fortune sticks, as he knew it would please them, so he picked up a tall round box, full of bamboo sticks, and explained it to them.",
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          "ref": "1938, Thomas Handforth, Mei Li:",
          "text": "Mei Li ran happily down the hill. Surely, if the fortune sticks said she was going to rule a kingdom she would.",
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          "ref": "2000, Mimi Chan, All the King’s Women: The Story of a Hong Kong Family, page 32:",
          "text": "Ah Ching went to the temple on her behalf on every major festival to kou chim, that is to ask one's fortune through the use of fortune sticks.",
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        "One of a set of numbered bamboo slips that correspond to messages concerning the future, drawn by a supplicant in Taoist divination."
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          "word": "เซียมซี"
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