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Dominoes

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Miller wrote: “To dream of playing at dominoes, and lose, you will be affronted by a friend, and much uneasiness for your safety will be entertained by…”

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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

Dominoes · Heading 647; source lines 7755–7766 · Text transcription

Original source (English)

To dream of playing at dominoes, and lose, you will be affronted by a friend, and much uneasiness for your safety will be entertained by your people, as you will not be discreet in your affairs with women or other matters that engage your attention.

If you are the winner of the game, it foretells that you will be much courted and admired by certain dissolute characters, bringing you selfish pleasures, but much distress to your relatives.

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