blind man's buff
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of blind man's buff
C16: buff, perhaps from Old French buffe a blow; see buffet ²
Example Sentences
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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
She sent for her grandchildren, and blind man's buff, hunt the slipper and other games were played until ten o'clock, when Her Majesty went to bed.
From The Memoirs of Madame Vigée Lebrun by Marie Louise Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun
Thus, despite the wonderful work which had been accomplished by the convoy, the Allied effort to destroy the submarine was still largely a game of blind man's buff.
From The Victory At Sea by Burton J. Hendrick
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