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Blighty
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Blighty
Noun
Brit, Austral & NZ slang
1. (used especially by troops serving abroad) Britain; home
2. pl Blighties (esp. in the First World War) a wound that causes the recipient to be sent home to Britain [Hindi bilāyatī foreign land]
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Noun1.Blighty - a slang term for Great Britain used by British troops serving abroad
Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom


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