blindman's buff

American  

[blahynd-manz buhf] / ˈblaɪndˌmænz ˈbʌf /

noun

1. a game in which a blindfolded player tries to catch and identify one of the other players.

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Etymology

Origin of blindman's buff

First recorded in 1580–90

Example Sentences

A game of blindman’s buff played by the servants in “Loving” is similar, in its position and its import, to a game of hide-and-seek in “The Rules of the Game.”

From The New Yorker • Oct. 10, 2016

When great states come anywhere near the brink in the nuclear age, there is no room for games of blindman's buff.

From Time Magazine Archive

The nicely poised, sometimes ironic balance of twin protagonists at play in a high-stakes game of blindman's buff gives The Hunt for Red October solid dramatic tension.

From Time Magazine Archive

Even so, New Yorkers assailed by chill night—and, for a frozen instant, silence—reacted almost sportively, as if it were all a gigantic game of blindman's buff.

From Time Magazine Archive

I stumbled as in a game of blindman's buff.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison