cootie catcher
noun
plural cootie catchers
: a child's toy that consists of paper folded into four pyramid-shaped parts that are manipulated by the fingers to open and close with each part having a flap that can be unfolded to reveal an answer to one's question about the future : fortune teller sense 2
Mark Buck erects a giant array of the little folded-paper fortune-telling games that children call cootie-catchers …
Michael Scott
Michael ScottAnd if you've ever made a cootie catcher, you know that origami has the power to unlock worlds of unparalleled fun. Tucson (Arizona) Weekly
Tucson (Arizona) Weekly
Word History
First Known Use
1971, in the meaning defined above
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