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Blighty ones

Blighty ones is the plural of Blighty one.

Meaning of Blighty one

Noun

Blighty one (plural Blighty ones)

  1. (slang) A wound that is relatively minor, but sufficiently severe that one will be sent to the hospital in England.
    • Though my thoughts did not formulate themselves so clearly or so crudely at the time, I had a “Blighty” one, that sort of wound that all the soldiers sighed and sang for (“Take me back to dear old Blighty”), and my platoon, in which I had taken much pride, could now look after itself.2012, J. R. Ackerley, My Father and Myself, →ISBN
    Synonyms:
    Blighty

Questions about Blighty ones

What is Blighty ones the plural of?
Blighty ones is the plural of Blighty one.

Words near Blighty ones in the dictionary

  1. blightscapes
  2. blighty
  3. Blighty bag
  4. Blighty bags
  5. Blighty one
  6. Blighty ones
  7. Blighty wound
  8. Blighty wounds
  9. Blijenberg
  10. blik
  11. blikanasaurid

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