Blightynoun
uk/ˈblaɪ.ti/us/ˈblaɪ.t̬i/UK informal old-fashioned or humorousa way of referring to the UK or England, used especially by soldiers during the First World War
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Examples from literature
- A few days more, and I was shipped across to dear old Blighty and three months of heaven.
- By the way, he's in Blighty now.
- I am very pleased indeed to know that you are safe in 'Blighty.' Well, sir, you ask me where I got to when we went over the top.
- If Blighty had looked good, the thought of the U.S.A. was better.
- These were the friends I had made before leaving Blighty and who had sent me weekly parcels and letters.