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blin

[ blin ]

noun

, Russian Cooking.
  1. singular of blini.


blin

/ blɪn /

adjective

  1. a Scot word for blind
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of blin1

First recorded in 1885–90; from Russian; Old Russian blinŭ, by dissimilation from mlinŭ, noun derivative from base of Russian molótʾ “to grind,” mélʾnitsa “mill”; mill 1
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Example Sentences

De kin' what makes de lame fer to walk, and de blin' fer to see, an' de daid fer to riz up outen their daid col' graves.

Then she had ordered Blin to clean it, which the latter did, scrubbing it out with sand and ashes.

In 1801, Lebon was called to Paris, as attache in the service of Blin, engineer in chief of pavements.

Miss Blin knew it perfectly well without being told; but she wouldn't have pretended that she did, for all the world.

Aunt Blin pulled the paper off with one hand, holding Bartholomew fast under the other arm.

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