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Blind Alley (A)

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A “cul de sac,” an alley with no outlet. It is blind because it has no “eye” or passage through it.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Blenheim Dog
Blenheim House (Oxfordshire)
Blenheim Steps
Bless
Blessing
Blest
Blikiandabol [splendid misery]
Blimber (Miss)
Blind
The Blind:
Blind Alley (A)
Blind Beggar of Bethnal Green (The)
Blind Department (The)
Blind Ditch (A)
Blind Harper (The)
Blind Harry
Blind Hedge (A)
Blind old Man of Scio’s rocky Isle
Blind Magistrate (The)
Blindman’s Holiday
Blindman’s Lantern (The)