"fortune cookie" meaning in English

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Noun

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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "snack",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Glückskeks"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "snack",
      "word": "szerencsesüti"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "fōchun kukkī",
      "sense": "snack",
      "word": "フォーチュン・クッキー"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tsujiura senbei",
      "sense": "snack",
      "word": "辻占煎餅"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "pochun kuki",
      "sense": "snack",
      "word": "포춘 쿠키"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "azyn žignemeg",
      "sense": "snack",
      "word": "азын жигнэмэг"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "snack",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "biscoito da sorte"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pečénʹje sčástʹja",
      "sense": "snack",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "пече́нье сча́стья"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "snack",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "galleta de la fortuna"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "snack",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "lyckokaka"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "kúk-gîi-sìiang-taai",
      "sense": "snack",
      "word": "คุกกี้เสี่ยงทาย"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "snack",
      "word": "şans kurabiyesi"
    },
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "computing",
      "word": "fortuinkoekie"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "computing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Glückskeks"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fortune cookie"
}

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