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

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

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

One band was busily engaged in a game exactly similar to our blind man’s buff.

From The Coral Island by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne

Any one who has played at blind man’s buff may have a faint idea of my situation.

From Dick Cheveley His Adventures and Misadventures by William H. C. Groome