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Definition of Palmists
1. palmist [n] - See also: palmist
Lexicographical Neighbors of Palmists
Literary usage of Palmists
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Care of the Body by Francis Cavanagh (1907)
"... of palmists—Keratin, hairs, sweat and sebaceous glands—Examples of neglect—The
action of clothes upon the skin—An essential is absorption—Washing. Soap. ..."
2. The English Illustrated Magazine (1905)
"That is why palmists and thought-readers who charge high fees are so popular.
... I have heard palmists give very clever delineations of character, ..."
3. Man by Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland (1901)
"... (6) that the phrenological interpretations put by palmists on the various
conformations of the lines of the hand broke down absolutely when put to the ..."
4. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1887)
"A PUZZLER FOE palmists. — Amateur Palmistry is now a Society fad. ... Punch suggests
a practical service which the palmists might render to a puzzled world. ..."
5. The Chautauquan by Chautauqua Institution (1906)
"palmists, clairvoyants, fortune-tellers, soothsayers, astrologers, ... One writer
thinks the palmists and sorcerers generally are welcomed and maintained as ..."
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