stone-blind
Americanadjective
adjective
Synonym Usage
See blind.
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of stone-blind
1325–75; Middle English (north) staneblynde; see stone, blind
Example Sentences
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The late, great Joseph Pulitzer, founder of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, suffered all his life from weak eyes, was stone-blind when he died in 1911.
From Time Magazine Archive
By the second week, everyone knew perfectly well what was going on, yet everyone tried to look as if they were stone-blind to the changes in Jo’s face.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
I had no doubt in my mind that my new neighbours were arriving, although I might have been stone-blind so far as anything being visible was concerned.
From My Brave and Gallant Gentleman A Romance of British Columbia by Watson, Robert
Do ’ee s’pose I’ve turned stone-blind, do ’ee?
From The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse by Reid, Mayne
We found out later that the old mare was stone-blind and locoed.
From Land of the Burnt Thigh by Voorhies, Stephen J.
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