Often Blighty Britain, or specifically England, as one's home or native land.
We're sailing for old Blighty tomorrow.
a wound or furlough permitting a soldier to be sent back to Britain from the front.
military leave.
England; home
Also called: a blighty one. a slight wound that causes the recipient to be sent home to England
leave in England
First recorded in 1885–90; from Hindi bilāyatī “the country (i.e., Great Britain),” variant of wilāyatī vilayet
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Next up for Westwood is 49-year-old Richard Bland of England, whom he has known for 30 years dating to their time on the junior circuit in blighty.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 24, 2022
Jukebox Jack: That's all I wanted to wake up to, a report that showed England hadn't left all their heart and fight back in blighty.
From BBC ● Dec. 10, 2021
Therefore Lord Elgin was quite within his rights to bring them back to blighty and the Greeks can moan all they like but the marbles are not leaving the museum while I'm in charge.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 25, 2010
It was like coming out of the trenches to blighty and peace on earth.
From Time Magazine Archive
Müller explains that he has a flesh wound in his thigh; a good blighty.
From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque
Not far away is an earlier housing development that is even more redolent of Blighty: Foxhall Village.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 19, 2022
Many folks come here from Blighty to break into America and give up if it doesn’t happen in a year or two.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2022
Back in Blighty, he's also the host of Sky quiz show A League of Their Own and co-created and starred in BBC Two's The Wrong Mans.
From BBC ● May 28, 2019
Kick off: 7pm in Blighty, 8pm at the Arena Baltika on Oktyabrsky Island in Kaliningrad.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 28, 2018
It's my belief he was trying to get back to Blighty, but I hope they won't send him further than the base.
From Non-combatants and Others by Macaulay, Rose, Dame
Past our battery position there was passing a few prisoners and a procession of wounded—but mostly "blighties"; and I saw one sergeant with a German helmet.
From Over Here Impressions of America by a British officer by MacQuarrie, Hector
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