Miller wrote: “To see shears in your dream, denotes that you will become miserly and disagreeable in your dealings.”
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
Shears · Heading 1821; source lines 20209–20217 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To see shears in your dream, denotes that you will become miserly and disagreeable in your dealings.
To see them broken, you will lose friends and standing by your eccentric demeanor.
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