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blindman's buff
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blindman's buff, [See Buff a buffet.].
A game in which one person is blindfolded, and tries to catch some one of the other players, and tell who it is. [1913 Webster]
"Surely he fancies I play at blindman's buff with him, for he thinks I never have my eyes open." [1913 Webster]
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