unsight
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of unsight
Example Sentences
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He relies on the cover of the wall to calibrate his kicks and unsight the keeper.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 19, 2016
Abe Lincoln laughed and said: "Mary would be like the man who traded horses unsight and unseem and drew a saw horse."
From A Man for the Ages A Story of the Builders of Democracy by John Wolcott Adams
He knew that when he should embark on his attempt to enlist considerable capital in an "unsight unseen" investment, he would have to be well supplied with statistics.
From The Blazed Trail by Stewart Edward White
I told him about Aunt 'Melie, and how I'd bought the place unsight and unseen.
From Shorty McCabe by F. Vaux (Francis Vaux) Wilson
You see, I traded my farm over in Vermont for five hundred acres o' this sheet lightnin', unsight an' unseen.
From A Man for the Ages A Story of the Builders of Democracy by John Wolcott Adams
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