blind man's buff

British  

noun

1. a game in which a blindfolded person tries to catch and identify the other players

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Etymology

Origin of blind man's buff

C16: buff, perhaps from Old French buffe a blow; see _buffet ²

Example Sentences

American diplomacy has been playing at blind man's buff in Southeast Asia.

From Time Magazine Archive

Bumping into him in a game of blind man's buff, she considers it a happy portent and they elope to Vienna.

From Time Magazine Archive

With no defined front line in vast Sumatra�more than twice the size of Korea�most of the skirmishes between the rebels and President Sukarno's government have been as haphazard as blind man's buff.

From Time Magazine Archive

She could hawk with a merlin, or play blind man’s buff, or pince-merille.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

There had been a splendid bout of blind man's buff in the grand saloon.

From The Maid of Honour (Vol. 3 of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France by Wingfield, Lewis