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Blighty is commonly used as a term of endearment by the expatriate British community or those on holiday to refer to home. In Hobson-Jobson, an 1886 historical dictionary of Anglo-Indian words, Henry Yule and Arthur Coke Burnell explained that the word came to be used in British India for several things the British had brought into the country, such as the tomato and soda water.
Blighty is a small town in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. The town lies on the Riverina Highway between the towns of Finley and Deniliquin. It is located in the Edward River Council local government area. At the 2011 census, Blighty and the surrounding area had a population of 396. [1]
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Midtown Bistro at 2004 Highway 17 South in the North Myrtle Beach area will close Jan. 1, 2024 owner Jeff Martini confirmed in an interview with The Sun News. Martini said the rising cost of ...
A bistro or bistrot (/ ˈ b iː s t r oʊ /), in its original Parisian form, is a small restaurant serving moderately priced, simple meals in a modest setting. In more recent years, the term has become used by restaurants considered, by some, to be pretentious.
Blighty is an English slang term for Britain. Blighty may also refer to: Blighty, New South Wales, a town in Australia; Blighty (TV channel), a former UKTV channel; Blighty or Parade, a British magazine for men; Blighty, a 1927 silent film by Adrian Brunel
"Take Me Back to Dear Old Blighty" is a music hall song written by Arthur J. Mills, Fred Godfrey and Bennett Scott in 1916. It was popular during the First World War , and tells a story of three fictional soldiers on the Western Front suffering from homesickness and their longing to return to " Blighty " - a slang term for Britain .
Alfredtown (known as Alfred Town [3] until 1988, and previously known as The Shanty) is a rural community in the central east part of the Riverina. [3] It is about 5 km north of Ladysmith and 14 km east of Wagga Wagga.