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Blind Freddie

Blind Freddie is the alternative form of Blind Freddy.

Meaning of Blind Freddy

Proper noun

Blind Freddy

  1. (Australia, informal) An imaginary incapacitated person held up as an archetype of incapacity: what blind Freddy can see (understand) must be very obvious.
    • “I thought you might have bet on Mart,” Angus said coldly. “Just for old times′ sake.”
      “Don't be Uncle Willy,” Jerry admonished him, mildly. “Old Blind Freddy could'a seen Mart was a gonner. Although I admit I had the wind up a couple′a times!” Angus felt the blood rise in his face.1965, Leonie Judith Gibson Kramer, editor, Coast to Coast: Australian Stories, 1963-1964, page 80

Questions about Blind Freddie

What is Blind Freddie the alternative form of?
Blind Freddie is the alternative form of Blind Freddy.

Words near Blind Freddie in the dictionary

  1. blind excuse
  2. blind excuses
  3. blind faith
  4. blind folio
  5. blind folios
  6. Blind Freddie
  7. Blind Freddy
  8. blind goby
  9. blind grass
  10. blind gut
  11. blind guts

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