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Old Blighty

Old Blighty proper noun: great Britain, Britain, or England, especially as viewed from abroad.

Proper noun

Old Blighty

  1. (slang) Great Britain, Britain, or England, especially as viewed from abroad
    • They say there's a troopship just leaving Bombay. Bound for Old Blighty shore.1940, Fred Godfrey, “Bless 'Em All”performed by George Formby

Synonyms of Old Blighty

Origin of Old Blighty

Originally solely of Australian usage, from Blighty

Questions about Old Blighty

What does Old Blighty mean?
Old Blighty means great Britain, Britain, or England, especially as viewed from abroad.
What part of speech is Old Blighty?
Old Blighty is a proper noun.

Words near Old Blighty in the dictionary

  1. Old Belarusian
  2. Old Believer
  3. Old Believers
  4. Old Bering Sea
  5. Old Bill
  6. Old Blighty
  7. Old Blue
  8. Old Bolingbroke
  9. Old Bolshevik
  10. Old Bonalbo
  11. Old Bourbon

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