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

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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

Oh, well, yes, if you like—let’s have blind man’s buff and a magic lantern;” and then, dropping a mock curtsey to her companions, she dropped out of the south parlor.

From A World of Girls The Story of a School by L. T. Meade

"Faith—you can play blind man's buff, I'm sure?"

From Say and Seal, Volume I by Susan Warner