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Blighty

[blahy-tee] / ˈblaɪ ti /


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His 80,000-word account of the experience was found in an online auction won by amateur social-historian David Wilkins, who has now published it under the title Blighty or Bust.

From BBC • Sep. 22, 2024

Not far away is an earlier housing development that is even more redolent of Blighty: Foxhall Village.

From Washington Post • Nov. 19, 2022

Our favorite ex-royals book it out of Old Blighty in search of fairer shores in the new ripped-from-the-headlines TV movie “Harry & Meghan: Escaping the Palace.”

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 5, 2021

Ainslie hopes to become the first Englishman to win the America's Cup, which was taken from Old Blighty by the schooner America in 1851.

From US News • Aug. 14, 2016

The smooth-running train sped northward from the Somme battlefield, and we betted on each man's chances of being sent to Blighty.

From Cavalry of the Clouds by Bott, Alan




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