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blindman's buff

blindman's buff 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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Blindman's buff is the alternative form of blind man's buff.

Words near blindman's buff in the dictionary

  1. Blindley Heath
  2. blindling
  3. blindlings
  4. blindly
  5. blindman
  6. blindman's buff
  7. blindman's holiday
  8. blindmen
  9. blindness
  10. blindnesses
  11. blinds

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