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blind man's bluff

blind man's bluff is the alternative form of blind man's buff.

Meaning of blind man's buff

Noun

blind man's buff (uncountable)

  1. (UK) A game where one person is blindfolded and tries to catch the other players.
    • That was a further clue; and here, indeed, young Mr. Dowse was getting "warm," as children say at blind-man's-buff, although, as a matter-of-fact, she had now been talking of George Miller at all.1876, William Black, “An Encounter”, in Madcap Violet. […], volume III, London: Macmillan and Co., →OCLC, page 74

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Blind man's bluff is the alternative form of blind man's buff.

Words near blind man's bluff in the dictionary

  1. blind lanterns
  2. blind leading the blind
  3. blind level
  4. blind levels
  5. blind loop syndrome
  6. blind man's bluff
  7. blind man's buff
  8. blind man's holiday
  9. blind map
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