Blank

Blank

See also: blank and blänk

English

Proper noun

Blank

1. (chiefly dated) Used as an anonymous placeholder for a person's name.
   • 1922, The Saturday Review (volume 133, page 359)

     Miss Compton, in 'Other People's Worries,' asks rhetorically whether a young rip was not in the Blank divorce case.

Related terms

• Blankshire