hoodman-blind

noun

The game of blind man's buff.

Meanings

nounhoodman-blind (uncountable)
  1. obsoleteuncountablegamesThe game of blind man's buff.

    What devil was't That thus hath cozened you at hoodman-blind?

    c. 1599–1602, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, act 3, scene 4

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