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buy a pig in a poke
buy a pig in a poke
Fig. to buy something without looking inside first. If you don't get a good look at the engine of a used car before you buy it, you'll wind up buying a pig in a poke. I just took the salesman's word that this camera worked. I guess I bought a pig in a poke.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
| Ifan | | - | Welsh |
| Chisomo | | chee-SO-mo | Southern African, Chewa |
| Koloman | | KO-lo-mahn (German) | German (Rare), Slovak |
| Finbarr | | FIN-bar | Irish |
| Cande | | - | Spanish |
| Pipaluk | | - | Native American, Greenlandic |