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blighty
[ blahy-tee ]
/ ˈblaɪ ti /
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noun, plural blight·ies.British Slang.
(often initial capital letter) England as one's native land; England as home: We're sailing for old Blighty tomorrow.
a wound or furlough permitting a soldier to be sent back to England from the front.
military leave.
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Blighty
/ (ˈblaɪtɪ) /
noun (sometimes not capital) British slang (used esp by troops serving abroad)
England; home
(esp in World War I)
- Also called: a blighty one a slight wound that causes the recipient to be sent home to England
- leave in England
Word Origin for Blighty
C20: from Hindi bilāyatī foreign land, England, from Arabic wilāyat country, from waliya he rules
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