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blind item

blind item noun: a news story in which the identities of the persons involved are not revealed.

Noun

blind item (plural blind items)

  1. A news story in which the identities of the persons involved are not revealed.
    • Judy came from a different era, when blind items stayed blind and you could control the story.2016, Zadie Smith, Swing Time, New York, N.Y.: Penguin Press, →ISBN, page 435

Forms of blind item

pluralblind items

Questions about blind item

What does blind item mean?
Blind item means a news story in which the identities of the persons involved are not revealed.
What part of speech is blind item?
Blind item is a noun.
What is the plural of blind item?
The plural of blind item is blind items.

Words near blind item in the dictionary

  1. Blind Half-Hundred
  2. blind hockey
  3. blind hole
  4. blind holes
  5. Blind Hookey
  6. blind item
  7. blind items
  8. blind lantern
  9. blind lanterns
  10. blind leading the blind
  11. blind level

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