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

While at the Pavilion, Napoleon encouraged horseplay, and threw himself into games of blind man’s buff and hide and seek, while also forming a more serious alliance with the amiable William.

From The Guardian

What begins as blind man’s buff acquires a touch of soccer before turning into a group waltz sequence, while the relationships turn into diverse facets of romantic love — with elements of role-playing and deceit, as well as conventional courtship.

From New York Times

Although his designs don’t show portraits, they do show types – the majos and majas who gave Madrid its street swagger, peasants and rich men, courting couples, singers, hunters, children, and young men and women playing blind man’s buff or tossing a mannequin into the air.

From The Guardian

There are other nice moments: the giddy game of blind man's buff with the children is great, as is the suggestion that Torvald himself may have been guilty of doing something underhand for love when he was sent to investigate the financial irregularities of Nora's father, and fell for the daughter.

From The Guardian

But, oh, he did feel so tired, for they had played blind man's buff, bull in the ring, squat tag, and other games.

From Project Gutenberg