How To Use Blighty In A Sentence
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Blighty -- Britain; "'Bean' is one of the biggest hits to come out of Blighty." blurb -- TV commercial; "Ridley Scott started his career directing blurbs." boff (also boffo, boffola) -- outstanding (usually refers to box office performance); "'My Best Friend's Wedding' has been boffo at the B.O.
Variety.com
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In March 1917 he received one of those wounds named affectionately by Tommies as a ‘Blighty’ wound - bad enough for you to be sent back home but not bad enough to keep you incapacitated for ever.
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PW - I don't know about any more Eiffels in Blighty but there used to be a baby Statue of Liberty on a hosiery factory roof in Leicester.
Destination Moon
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But will it catch on in sceptical, empirical old Blighty?
Times, Sunday Times
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Lucky you if you managed to escape Blighty and the weekend's torrential downpours.
Times, Sunday Times
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I. AM is having trouble understanding the lingo here in Blighty.
The Sun
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Firstly, how can the Scots hope to compete with England's hardened professionals nine months hence if they can't even beat a bunch of amateurs from Blighty and Clogland?
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I mean, for hecks sake, I hear things here in Blighty about how UK unemployment data -- something as important as the livelihood of 60 million people -- is unreliable and skewed to heck by issues regarding what qualifies.
Bestseller befuddlement: ‘The Times list is what it is’ | Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources – Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment
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Over here in Blighty the media in general don't do science and even their rocket science correspondents lack that essential degree in rocket science.
Mars Ain't The Kind of Place To Raise Your Kids. In Fact Its Cold As ... - NASA Watch
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As a result Blighty is starting a new series following the party leaders as they frantically smother the country in baby kisses.
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You would think the Aussies would want to avoid the barrage of taunting texts from friends and family back in Blighty.
Times, Sunday Times
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‘The embers of the empire shimmer like a distant blood-soaked sunset as the urban subtopias of downtown blighty rumble to the rhythms of a brand new internationalism.’
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Blighty is sure that now he's drawn attention to it the English fans will leave him alone.
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We at Blighty wonder whether it was black like a Labrador, had floppy ears and went, ‘Woof woof!’
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Then the boat from Blighty arrives, bearing a beautiful woman and an idealistic young illustrator.
Times, Sunday Times
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Are people in Blighty buying into this bollocks-the idea that somehow there was ‘clear red water’ between Tony Blair and Gordon Brown.
Campbell Shows A Glimpse of Real Labour Ankle
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Exactly what all my Labour Party friends over in Blighty say about Obama.
Senator Clinton and the War
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What would that be in Blighty – 40, 50, 60% of your income?
Gadget Election Thought For Today « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG
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Better suited to countries where the sky is blue from May to September, they look glossy and glamorous on holiday but out of place back in Blighty.
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When they land in Blighty they don't miraculously turn into The Waltons!
Don`t Mind Us You Come On In
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So back in Blighty, Lord W is on his uppers with a wife and six racehorses to support, and needs to liquidise some assets.
Boiling a Frog
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Lucky you if you managed to escape Blighty and the weekend's torrential downpours.
Times, Sunday Times
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June 8, 2009 at 3: 09 pm hullo Denny – wanted to know, beyond winning the blighty brolly, is there a legit way to get one?
UKTV’s Blighty and British Designer Ted Baker Join Forces « Art & Business of Motion
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To jolly things up Blighty made the joke about it being a shame more of the voters weren't undead, then Howard might have a chance.
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Forty years ago this summer, with the map of the Empire all but rolled up, the last British national servicemen returned to Blighty and swapped their battledress for demob suits.
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I've just watched the clips here in Blighty and i am happy to say that it looks pretty good on the strength of them.
UPDATED: Three clips from BBC's DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS mini-series
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Forty years ago this summer, with the map of the Empire all but rolled up, the last British national servicemen returned to Blighty and swapped their battledress for demob suits.
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Although I'm not sure it'll be quite so delicious back in chilly old Blighty.
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I. AM is having trouble understanding the lingo here in Blighty.
The Sun
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Although I'm not sure it'll be quite so delicious back in chilly old Blighty.
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If the wind is blowing in from the east then sea fret hits even when the rest of old Blighty is basking in conditions more akin to the Mediterranean.
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Brick Bradford @y40 - Hamburger buns aren't the only things they call 'baps' in Old Blighty.
Blogtimore, Hon
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Even before the tourists jetted out from Blighty former Australian bowling demon Dennis Lillee delivered a withering a verdict on the England attack.
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The main British story when I first arrived in the States was the food crisis, the line being that Americans visiting Blighty risked being killed stone dead by noxious odours, or drowned in the tears of apple-cheeked farmers' wives.
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Blighty is far better than so many channels out there.
UKTV Channel Rebranded as Blighty Launches « Art & Business of Motion
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Back in Blighty, the England football team also won their Euro 2008 qualification match at Wembley by three goals to nothing.
And Did Those Feet ….. « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG
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That is, under no circumstances must I mention to anyone that I have turned down an invitation to return to Blighty.
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You would think the Aussies would want to avoid the barrage of taunting texts from friends and family back in Blighty.
Times, Sunday Times
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He is confirmed as his replacement in Blighty.
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Short comedies burlesquing cinema trends tickled insiders and sophisticates; while mainstream Gainsborough features like Blighty and The Constant Nymph achieved considerable box-office success.
