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I've never heard the bluff variety before
Likewise - which goes a teeny little way to suggesting this could be a US variant.
I think I'd assumed the "buff" to be the bumping up against people the "blindman" does - as in buffeting .
M-W's etymology of buffet is interesting:
Etymology: Middle English, from Old French, diminutive of buffe blow
Date: 13th century
1 : a blow especially with the hand
2 : something that strikes with telling force
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