blind bargain
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Although Murray considered it "a blind bargain," he was disposed to accept it, as it might lead to something better.
From A Publisher and His Friends Memoir and Correspondence of John Murray; with an Account of the Origin and Progress of the House, 1768-1843 by Samuel Smiles
And for once I'll make a blind bargain with you.
From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 02 by Sir Walter Scott
If I get paradise when my time comes, I can't help myself; but I'll venture nothing before-hand, upon a blind bargain.
From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 07 by Sir Walter Scott
In short, I concluded my blind bargain, and in the month of June, prepared to start to visit my estate.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 349, November, 1844 by Various
Poke, pōk, n. a bag: a pouch.—A pig in a poke, a blind bargain, as of a pig bought without being seen.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various
