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BLIGHTY WOUND
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Dictionary entry overview: What does blighty wound mean?
• BLIGHTY WOUND (noun)
The noun BLIGHTY WOUND has 1 sense:
1. a wound that would cause an English soldier to be sent home from service abroad
Familiarity information: BLIGHTY WOUND used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A wound that would cause an English soldier to be sent home from service abroad
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Hypernyms ("blighty wound" is a kind of...):
combat injury; injury; wound (a casualty to military personnel resulting from combat)
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