blindman's buff

American  

[blahynd-manz buhf] / ˈblaɪndˌmænz ˈbʌf /

noun

1. a game in which a blindfolded player tries to catch and identify one of the other players.

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Etymology

Origin of blindman's buff

First recorded in 1580–90

Example Sentences

A game of blindman’s buff played by the servants in “Loving” is similar, in its position and its import, to a game of hide-and-seek in “The Rules of the Game.”

From The New Yorker • Oct. 10, 2016

In trying to gauge prospects for 1974, most economists admit to playing a kind of blindman's buff.

From Time Magazine Archive

Even so, New Yorkers assailed by chill night—and, for a frozen instant, silence—reacted almost sportively, as if it were all a gigantic game of blindman's buff.

From Time Magazine Archive

This deadly "blindman's buff" has never been played to conclusion over U.S. territory, but McGuire's pilots have had plenty of training missions and plenty of dead-earnest practice.

From Time Magazine Archive

I stumbled as in a game of blindman's buff.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison