blind bargain

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Jean makes no blind bargain, a fact which detracts somewhat from the interest.

From The Grateful Dead The History of a Folk Story by Gerould, Gordon Hall

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

From The Proverbs of Scotland by Hislop, Alexander

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

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 Smiles, Samuel

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