0 a way of referring to the UK or England, used especially by soldiers during the First World War
A few days more, and I was shipped across to dear old Blighty and three months of heaven.
I am very pleased indeed to know that you are safe in 'Blighty.' Well, sir, you ask me where I got to when we went over the top.
If Blighty had looked good, the thought of the U.S.A. was better.
These were the friends I had made before leaving Blighty and who had sent me weekly parcels and letters.
