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

The nicely poised, sometimes ironic balance of twin protagonists at play in a high-stakes game of blindman's buff gives The Hunt for Red October solid dramatic tension.

From Time Magazine Archive

All they want to do is play blindman’s buff and ghost-in-the-graveyard, but that’s hard to do inside our tiny house.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan