blind pig

noun

1. Chiefly Inland North and Pacific States. blind tiger.

Word History and Origins

Origin of blind pig¹

An Americanism dating back to 1865–70

Example Sentences

While drinking in the Blind Pig, Bertie’s bar, the opera house owner refers to Fiona as Celestial, an anti-Chinese slur.

From Washington Post

“He was wearing Bengals gear, but there’s 500 other people in there wearing Bengals gear, so it wasn’t so obvious at the time,” Troy Tunney, general manager of the Blind Pig, said this week in a telephone interview.

From Washington Post

Three in each round have gone to local bars, including the Blind Pig, with the other three getting mailed to bars catering to Bengals fans in cities around the country.

From Washington Post

Over the years, the happy hour has wandered downtown from venue to venue — the Blind Pig, the Cavern Club, the Heidelberg — before settling at the generically named Live in 2013.

From Seattle Times

She dropped her last name, much to her father’s dismay, and by the mid-1970s was appearing on episodes of “Police Woman” and “Sanford and Son,” with a starring role in the TV movie adaptation of Phillip Hayes Dean’s play “The Sty of the Blind Pig.”

From Washington Post