blinkers
Britishplural noun
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Usual US and Canadian word: blinders. (sometimes singular) leather sidepieces attached to a horse's bridle to prevent sideways vision
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a slang word for goggle
Example Sentences
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“We took the blinkers off the horse, gave him a chance to get over that experience and he seems to be in a good place right now, training just the way we want.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026
But even he has blinkers on: Yes, 1975 might have been a great, great time in New York, despite garbage strikes, crime rates and municipal bankruptcy.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025
"I trimmed down my team too as I was moving at 100mph with the blinkers on. It has taken a bit of time but now I'm here."
From BBC • Nov. 21, 2025
Your concern, as your friend doesn’t grasp, is not just for those wrongs but for the moral blinkers — the defects of character or culture — that prevent this man from seeing the wrong.
From New York Times • May 20, 2022
"What are you waiting for?" he called out, his taxi creeping up the street, emergency blinkers on.
From "Patina" by Jason Reynolds
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