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blind quotes

blind quotes is the plural of blind quote.

Meaning of blind quote

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

Questions about blind quotes

What is blind quotes the plural of?
Blind quotes is the plural of blind quote.

Words near blind quotes in the dictionary

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

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