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Blinker   Listen
noun
Blinker  n.  
1.
One who, or that which, blinks.
2.
A blinder for horses; a flap of leather on a horse's bridle to prevent him from seeing objects as his side hence, whatever obstructs sight or discernment. "Nor bigots who but one way see, through blinkers of authority."
3.
pl. A kind of goggles, used to protect the eyes form glare, etc.





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"Blinker" Quotes from Famous Books



... who may always be sure of an Irish hearing; and he does not cajole them, you know. But the English defect is really not want of feeling so much as want of foresight. They will not look ahead. A famine ceasing, a rebellion crushed, they jog on as before, with their Dobbin trot and blinker confidence in "Saxon energy." They should study the Irish: I think it was Mr. Redworth who compared the governing of the Irish to the management of a horse: the rider should not grow restive when the steed begins to kick: ...
— The Shaving of Shagpat • George Meredith
... started up and eyed the Count and the Baron with his single blinker, making a grimace as much as to say he could not help it. He and the mate and the small ship's boy soon got the boat ...
— Voyages and Travels of Count Funnibos and Baron Stilkin • William H. G. Kingston


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