Miller wrote: “To dream of a trowel, denotes you will experience reaction in unfavorable business, and will vanquish poverty.”
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
Trowel · Heading 2061; source lines 22708–22714 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of a trowel, denotes you will experience reaction in unfavorable business, and will vanquish poverty. To see one rusty or broken, unavoidable ill luck is fast approaching you.
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