fortune teller machine
Arcade prophecy booth
A fortune teller machine is a coin-operated arcade device featuring a mechanical figure—typically a turbaned mystic or gypsy woman—enclosed in a glass case.
After payment, the figure animates and dispenses a printed card with a prediction or horoscope.
Once common at carnivals, boardwalks, and amusement parks, these machines are now nostalgic curiosities: The old fortune teller machine in the corner still worked, spitting out a card that promised unexpected wealth.
- arcadeArched passageway or gaming hall
- penny arcadeCoin-operated game venue
- carnivalTraveling amusement attraction
- crystal ballFortune-teller's viewing sphere
- predictionForecast of coming events
Tom Hanks · coins · animatronic · booth · glass case · mysterious · turban · make a wish · wish · boardwalk · penny · glass · cabinet · prophecy · tarot reading · gypsy · automaton · old timey
- automatonsautomaton, automata, mechanical man, clockwork, mechanical turk
- amusementsarcade, carnivals, fairs, ferris wheel, theme parks
- coin-op machinesjukebox, pinball, video poker, coin pusher, skee ball
fortune teller machinepsychic
One claiming supernatural perception
palm reader · medium · clairvoyant · tarot reader · spiritualist
fortune teller machinehistorian
Expert on past events
archivist · biographer · genealogist · archaeologist · record keeper
fortune, fortunes, fortunate, fortunately, unfortunate, unfortunately, misfortune, telling, teller