Blinder
['blaɪndə] or ['blaɪndɚ]
Definition
(n.) One who, or that which, blinds.
(n.) One of the leather screens on a bridle, to hinder a horse from seeing objects at the side; a blinker.
Typed by Ada
Examples
- No, sir, returned Mrs. Blinder, he was nothing but a follerers. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Really, sir, I think she might, said Mrs. Blinder, getting her heavy breath by painful degrees. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Chandler's shop, left hand side, name of Blinder. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- There she was, doing all this in a quiet motherly manner as if she were living in Mrs. Blinder's attic with Tom and Emma again. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Upon the whole, not so bad, sir, said Mrs. Blinder; but certainly not so many as would have been if their father's calling had been different. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Mrs. Blinder is entirely let, and she herself occupies poor Gridley's room. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- It is NOT a genteel calling, said Mrs. Blinder, and most people do object to it. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- So I gave him notice, said Mrs. Blinder. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- And little Emma, she's with Mrs. Blinder, miss, a-being took such care of! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Why, you get blinder every day, Bedwin,' said Mr. Brownlow, rather testily. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Mrs. Blinder's got the key! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
Edited by Glenn