"fortune stick" meaning in English

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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "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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        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "เซียมซี"
        }
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/ˌfɔːtʃuːn ˈstɪk/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌfɔɹtʃən ˈstɪk/",
      "tags": [
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    }
  ],
  "word": "fortune stick"
}

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    {
      "form": "fortune sticks",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
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  "pos": "noun",
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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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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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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      "ipa": "/ˌfɔɹtʃən ˈstɪk/",
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      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "เซียมซี"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fortune stick"
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