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Pronunciation
Noun
blind date (plural blind dates)
- (idiomatic) A date (romantic meeting) between two people who have never met before.
1978, “Blind Date”, in A Tonic for the Troops, performed by The Boomtown Rats:A blind date is a blinkered meeting / A rendez-vous with some person unknown / A secret tryst, a shady dealing / A gambler's chance when love's dice are thrown
1922, The Tiller and Toiler, The Vocabulary of Jazzdom:Blind date—When parties do not Know each other.
Translations
romantic meeting between two people who have never met before
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