Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

blighty one

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.08 in modern English

Syllables: blighty one
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

1

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A wound that is relatively minor, but sufficiently severe that one will be sent to the hospital in England.

Slang

Example Sentences

"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."
"'Well, Smudge,' says Danny, 'I heard you'd copped a Blighty One.'"
"'Well, lad, you've got yourself a Blighty one, by the looks!' The orderly patted Mark's neatly bandaged torso."
"How often on the march one had looked back oneself into a passing ambulance and wished, rather shamefully, for a “Blighty” one."

Etymology

From the fact that such a wound would have one be sent back to England (Blighty).

Usage

Slang

Inflected Forms

Blighty ones (plural)

Synonyms

Blighty

Questions

What does blighty one mean?: A wound that is relatively minor, but sufficiently severe that one will be sent to the hospital in England.
Where does blighty one come from?: From the fact that such a wound would have one be sent back to England (Blighty).

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