Blighty bag
Blighty bag noun: a small bag that holds a wounded soldier's personal effects and accompanies him to hospital.
Noun
Blighty bag (plural Blighty bags)
- A small bag that holds a wounded soldier's personal effects and accompanies him to hospital.
- Carrie May Hall: "Tell the women to make 'Blighty' bags!1991, Dorothy Schneider, Carl J. Schneider, Into the breach: American women overseas in World War I, page 298
- Two lightly wounded men, detailed to help, took his belongings and put them in a 'Blighty bag,' carefully marking his name, rank, serial number, and unit.2005, John Warner, Emperor of the East Slope, →ISBN, page 84
Forms of Blighty bag
| plural | Blighty bags |
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Origin of Blighty bag
From Blighty one (“a wound that gets one sent away from the front to hospital”).
Questions about Blighty bag
- What does Blighty bag mean?
- Blighty bag means a small bag that holds a wounded soldier's personal effects and accompanies him to hospital.
- What part of speech is Blighty bag?
- Blighty bag is a noun.
- What is the plural of Blighty bag?
- The plural of Blighty bag is Blighty bags.
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