Blighty
Example Sentences
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The contrast he sought to draw with a gloomy Blighty was not subtle.
From BBC ● Dec. 18, 2024
Not far away is an earlier housing development that is even more redolent of Blighty: Foxhall Village.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 19, 2022
Many folks come here from Blighty to break into America and give up if it doesn’t happen in a year or two.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2022
It’s late afternoon over here in Blighty; it’s going to be a long night.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 17, 2021
One friend of mine, while training for a trip to Blighty, habitually carried heavy lead plates hung round his waist, to accustom himself to the weight of his pack.
From Caught by the Turks by Yeats-Brown, Francis
