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Duncer | 17:08 Mon 18th Aug 2014 | Crosswords
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What did WWI and WWII soldiers call a wound that necessitated them being returned to Britain
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Blighty One
17:09 Mon 18th Aug 2014
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something like a ticket to blighty
17:10 Mon 18th Aug 2014
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http://dictionary.reverso.net/english-definition/a%20blighty%20one
17:11 Mon 18th Aug 2014
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17:11 Mon 18th Aug 2014
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The word "cushy" was also used. Came from the Urdu word kusi via British military in India in 19th C. Robert Graves refers to it in "Goodbye to All That". See http://www.huffingtonpost.com/oxford-english-dictionary/word-origins_b_4904467.html


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