blinder

[ blahyn-der ]
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noun
  1. a person or thing that blinds.

  2. a blinker for a horse.

  1. British Informal. a spectacular shot or action in sports, especially soccer: He played a blinder.

Origin of blinder

1
First recorded in 1580–90; blind + -er1

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How to use blinder in a sentence

  • It never occurred to her that he was blinder than Henriette herself, to the real centre and heart of the difficulty.

  • Been blinder than one of those varnished skulls some tough-stomached people use for paper-weights.

  • He saw in this girl what those blinder than he had not yet recognised—the dawning of a wonderful, a radiant and glowing beauty.

    The Imaginary Marriage | Henry St. John Cooper
  • Of Mr. O'Connell's policy, already referred to, none were blinder victims than some of the priests.

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  • As between the sightless beggar and the sin-proud Pharisees, the latter were by far the blinder.

British Dictionary definitions for blinder

blinder

/ (ˈblaɪndə) /


noun
  1. an outstanding performance in sport

  2. British slang another name for blind (def. 30)

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