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blind man's buff

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noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of blind man's buff

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

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