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Noun: blighty wound
Usage: UK, archaic
  1. A wound that would cause an English soldier to be sent home from service abroad
Noun: Blighty  blI-tee
Usage: UK, slang
  1. A slang term for Great Britain used by British troops serving abroad

Type of: Britain, combat injury, Great Britain, injury, Pommyland [Austral, NZ, informal], U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, wound

Encyclopedia: Blighty wound

Blighty, New South Wales