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blighty (ˈblaɪtɪ) or blighty birdn (Animals) NZ another name for white-eye
Blighty (ˈblaɪtɪ) (used esp by troops serving abroad) n (sometimes not capital) 1. England; home2. (esp in World War I)a. Also called: a blighty one a slight wound that causes the recipient to be sent home to Englandb. leave in England[C20: from Hindi bilāyatī foreign land, England, from Arabic wilāyat country, from waliya he rules]blight•y (ˈblaɪ ti) n., pl. blight•ies. Brit. Slang. 1. (often cap.) England as one's native land. 2. military leave. [1885–90; < Hindi bilāyatī the country (i.e., Great Britain)] ThesaurusNoun | 1. | Blighty - a slang term for Great Britain used by British troops serving abroadBritain, 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 | TranslationsEncyclopediaSeewhite-eyeBlighty
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