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blind tiger¹

noun blind tigers

  1. slang A speakeasy.

    Similar: blind pig, speakeasy

  2. slang A drug joint where the illegal sale of intoxicant drugs takes place.
  3. Used other than in slang form, see blind, tiger

blind tiger²

Where it comes from

Calque of Japanese 盲虎 (mōko).

noun blind tigers

  1. A piece that can move one step in any direction except forward, used in chu shogi and larger shogi variants.

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noun shogi piece

日本語盲虎 mōko
中文盲虎 mánghǔ

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@misc{blind_tiger_2026,
  title = {blind tiger},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/blind%20tiger},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}