Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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BLINNIE, n.
1. “A person mimicating [sic] the blind” (Gall. 1824 MacTaggart Gallov. Encycl. 76).
2. “Best known to me as a short-sighted or weak-eyed person” (Abd.22 c.1880).
3. “The one who is blindfolded in playing ‘Blind Man's Buff'” (Kcb.1 1935).
[From Blin, adj.]
