hoodman-blind
[ hood-muhn-blahynd ]
Origin of hoodman-blind
1First recorded in 1555–65
Words Nearby hoodman-blind
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How to use hoodman-blind in a sentence
In the name of the boy God, who plays at hoodman blind with the Muses, and cares not whom he catches: what is it you love?
The Works of Charles Lamb in Four Volumes, Volume 4 | Charles LambThe English name, "hoodman-blind," is derived from the manner of blindfolding formerly in use.
Games and Songs of American Children | VariousI launched myself suddenly into the vacancy before me, and went like hoodman blind with arms outstretched towards the railing.
Hurricane Island | H. B. Marriott Watson
British Dictionary definitions for hoodman-blind
hoodman-blind
noun
British archaic blind man's buff
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