A poor or insufficient excuse. A blind ale-house, lane, or alley; an obscure, or little known or frequented ale-house, lane, or alley.
Definition taken from The 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, originally by Francis Grose.
Blind Cheeks * Blind HarpersNathan Bailey's 1736 Dictionary of canting and thieving slang
John S. Farmer's collection of canting songs and slang rhymes