Words - apropos of nothing - 01

Chatting with our house-guests, some words and phrases crop up and we wonder about their origins.

Today's it is 'hoodwinked.'

Apparently, in the 1700s to wink meant to close one's eyes (not fleetingly close one eye as now). And when dealing with prisoners, it was the fashion to bindfold or put a hood on the miscreant to effectively close their eyes...