Miller wrote: “To dream of palming off false checks on your friends, denotes that you will resort to subterfuge in order to carry forward your plans.”
The historical account
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Gustavus Hindman Miller
Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted; Or, What’s in a Dream · Gutenberg #926; bibliography identifies the 1901 original and subsequent reprints
Checks · Heading 395; source lines 5385–5395 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of palming off false checks on your friends, denotes that you will resort to subterfuge in order to carry forward your plans.
To receive checks you will be able to meet your payments and will inherit money.
To dream that you pay out checks, denotes depression and loss in business.
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