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

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blind man's buff

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

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

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

Among their plays were "blind man's buff," "tag," "puss, puss in the corner," "hide and seek," "who's got the button?" and I don't know how many other plays, which almost every child is familiar with.

From The Peddler's Boy Or; I'll Be Somebody by Woodworth, Francis C. (Francis Channing)

Is it, as has been suggested, a blind man's buff among the laws? a ruse among the elements? a trick of Dame Nature?

From Architects of Fate or, Steps to Success and Power by Marden, Orison Swett