For a blind / for blind

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The sentence (from the audio of an old American movie) is:
"The farm equipment is first class and up-to.date. Of course it costed me a lot of money, but I built it for a blind (for blind) and it's doing all right."
Does it mean that he built the farm blindly (without thinking about it)?
Does "buy for blind" or "buy for a blind" have the same meaning as blindly?

GPY · Accepted Answer

How certain are you that your transcription is correct? Is the audio available online anywhere?

AlpheccaStars · Answer

"The farm equipment is first class and up-to.date. Of course it cost me a lot of money, but I built it for the blind (for blind farmers) and it's doing all right."

Farming is not a very sensible occupation for blind people. It does not seem very plausible.

A more plausible transcription:
but I built it in a bind (when I was short of time and / or money) and it's doing all right."

Clive · Answer

I built it for the blind This could be an ironic way of saying I built it so that even blind people could operate it.
ie it's very easy to operate..

But we are all guessing. Can you post an audio clip?

Gamboler · Answer

It sounds like "I really built it for a blind", but it also could be "I really built it for a blime". It doesn't look like he says "a dime, but "a blind" or "a blime""
jumpshare.com/v/iXZF0sBzhJGgX9mN96n2 (add before: https:// )

AlpheccaStars · Answer

I can't make sense of it. More context would help. It sounds like:
"No, I really bought it for a blime",

Gamboler · Answer

AlpheccaStars & Co. I will give you more context, of course. They are speaking with Mae (a beautiful girl) on a farm where Pop and Angie Sawyer raise turkeys.

The complete dialogue is:

Pop Sawyer: Well, now that it's daylight, you can have a better idea of the layout. Come on, I'll take you on a tour of inspection. Every piece of equipment we bought for this place is strictly first class and up-to-date. Of course, it cost a lot of money. But Mrs. Sawyer and I are both surprised that the profit is showing. You know, I really bought it for a [blime-blind-blym] and it's doing all right.
Now, this is the smoke house where we use nothing but selected oak tree wood.
And back down there, there are the tree pens. Come on, I will show you.
Mae: Okay, Mr Sawyer.
Pop Sawyer: The turkeys in this run are five months old. In about two months they'll be ready for the smoke house.
And this is the building that brings in the dough. We pack them and ship them from here. Angie and I do all that work. But now that you're going to be here for a while, you can give us a hand. Come on, Mae, I'll show you how it's done.

(They go into the shed. End of scene)

Gamboler · Answer

A little correction:
And back down there, there are the three pens (typo error)

GPY · Answer

"blind" can mean "something intended to conceal the true nature, especially of an activity; a subterfuge" (https://www.ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=blind). Is it possible that he has built/bought the property as a cover for some other type of activity?

It sounds to me more like "built" than "bought".

Gamboler · Answer

Yes, GPY. That's it!  The farm is a front to hide the illegal activities of the gang. They send smoked turkeys with stolen goods stuffing to her customers. And, you're right: he says "built", not "bought".

AlpheccaStars · Answer

This is a deer blind. That is the only common use of the word that I know about. I suppose it could be figurative.

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