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dream book
noun
a book that purports to interpret dreams, suggesting numbers to be played in an illegal lottery based on symbols in the dreams US, 1963- But the best numbers come from “Dream Books.” They are especially made for the policy trade and have a tremendous sale on the South Side of Chicago. — Alson Smith, Syndicate City, p. 198, 1954
- Rev. Jones went back into the room for his dream book[.] — Clarence Cooper Jr., Black, p. 179, 1963
- My father used to knock me out with his dreambook. — John A. Williams, The Angry Ones, p. 125, 1969
- What number does Madame Zora’s dream book five for fish? — Louise Meriwether, Daddy Was a Number Runner, p. 13, 1970
- You selling plenty barbecue now, or did one of those dream books finally come through? — Vernon E. Smith, The Jones Men, p. 90, 1974
- Yet in the Pennsylvania steel town where Spencer Van Moot was born, every living soul had played numbers and consulted dream books for winners[.] — Joseph Wambaugh, The Choirboys, p. 64, 1975
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