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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
    "He received a blighty wound that ended his tour of duty"
Noun: Blighty  blI-tee
Usage: UK, slang
  1. 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
    - United Kingdom, UK, U.K., Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Great Britain, Pommyland [Austral, NZ, informal]

Type of: combat injury, injury, kingdom, wound

Part of: British Commonwealth, British Isles, Commonwealth, Commonwealth of Nations, NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organisation [Brit], North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Encyclopedia: Blighty wound

Blighty, New South Wales