blind bargain

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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

But he’ll strike a blind bargain in there.

From Pemrose Lorry, Camp Fire Girl by Hornibrook, Isabel Katherine

I'll ne'er buy a blind bargain, or a pig in a pock.

From The Proverbs of Scotland by Hislop, Alexander

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

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 Scott, Walter, Sir