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Definition of Hoodman
1. n. The person blindfolded in the game called hoodman-blind.
Definition of Hoodman
1. Noun. (obsolete) The blindfolded player in the game of hoodman-blind, or blind man's buff. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hoodman
1. the person blindfolded in blindman's buff [n HOODMEN]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hoodman
Literary usage of Hoodman
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Albert Barrère, Charles Godfrey Leland (1889)
"... a blind man, termed also " hoodman." Ground, down to the (common), anything
that is very acceptable and thorough. Grounder (nautical), a ship that is ..."
2. The Sports and Pastimes of the People of England: Including the Rural and by Joseph Strutt (1876)
"hoodman BLIND-HOT COCKLES. hoodman Blind, more commonly called Blind Man's Buff,
is where a player is blinded and buffeted by his comrades until he can ..."
3. Folk-lore of Shakespeare by Thomas Firminger Thiselton Dyer (1884)
"It was termed " hoodman-blind," because the players formerly were blinded with their
... 4): " What devil was't That thus hath cozen'd you at hoodman-blind? ..."
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