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blind quote

blind quote noun: a statement from an anonymous or unattributed source.

Noun

blind quote (plural blind quotes)

  1. A statement from an anonymous or unattributed source.
    • There is a key line from Wolman that Isou must have missed (“And their revolts were turning into acts of conformity”); blind quotes from John Ford's Rio Grande and from Saint-Just (“Happiness is a new idea in Europe”).1989, Greil Marcus, “The Attack on Charlie Chaplin”, in Lipstick Traces, Faber & Faber, published 2009

Forms of blind quote

pluralblind quotes

Questions about blind quote

What does blind quote mean?
Blind quote means a statement from an anonymous or unattributed source.
What part of speech is blind quote?
Blind quote is a noun.
What is the plural of blind quote?
The plural of blind quote is blind quotes.

Words near blind quote in the dictionary

  1. blind pigs
  2. blind piles
  3. blind pocket
  4. blind pool
  5. blind pools
  6. blind quote
  7. blind quotes
  8. blind rage
  9. blind rat
  10. blind rats
  11. blind reader

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