blinder, n.² — Green’s Dictionary of Slang

blinder n.²

[ext. of SE use; ? the smoke or the smell gets in one’s eyes]

1. a cheap, bad cigar; mostly in pl.

1984

Partridge DSUE (8th edn) 95/1: C.20.

2. a Woodbine cigarette (the cheapest available brand); mostly in pl.

1935		Thieves Slang ms list from District Police Training Centre, Ryton-on-Dunsmore, Warwicks 2: Blinder: Cigarette.
1984		Partridge DSUE (8th edn) 95/1: 1930s.