Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

blighty bag

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.08 in modern English

Syllables
blighty bag
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A small bag that holds a wounded soldier's personal effects and accompanies him to hospital.

Slang

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Blighty one (“a wound that gets one sent away from the front to hospital”).

Usage

Inflected Forms

Blighty bags (plural)

Questions

What does blighty bag mean?
A small bag that holds a wounded soldier's personal effects and accompanies him to hospital.
Where does blighty bag come from?
From Blighty one (“a wound that gets one sent away from the front to hospital”).

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