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

The spectators can now see, but the actors are meant to be in sightless confusion, playing blindman's buff.

From Time Magazine Archive

And colonial children played the same games some 20th century American children do: hopscotch, tag, blindman's buff, dominoes, cards.

From Time Magazine Archive

The U.S. community cannot permit collective bargaining to be merely a game of blindman's buff.

From Time Magazine Archive

All they want to do is play blindman’s buff and ghost-in-the-graveyard, but that’s hard to do inside our tiny house.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan