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blind
noun- a legitimate business used to conceal an illegal one US, 1929
- Why didn’t you tell us Carlito was using the office as a blind? We could have all been embarrassed. — Edwin Torres, After Hours, p. 369, 1979
- A sports news wire, set up in a back room that displayed the latest results from the region’s horse tracks, was the shop’s reason for existing. My grandfather called the shop a “blind”: a front for an off track betting operation. — Kim Rich, Johnny’s Girl, p. 33, 1993
- an area in prison where guards cannot easily see what is going on US
- Allright, you lame bastard, let’s go to the blind. — James Harris, A Convict’s Dictionary, p. 34, 1989
- a baggage carriage, usually immediately behind the engine of a passenger train US, 1893
- I started to buzz fast in Louis’ ear, telling him that A-Number-One was the greatest hobo who ever lived, hoboes ride the rods, blinds, and tops of trains[.] — Mezz Mezzrow, Really the Blues, p. 256, 1946
- a wallet or purse UK
Pickpocket use. - — New Society, 7 July 1977
▶ make the blind see
to perform oral sex on an uncircumcised man US- — Male Swinger Number 3, p. 48, 1981: “The complete gay dictionary”
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