different between blighty vs slighty

blighty

English

Noun

blighty (plural blighties)

  1. Alternative form of Blighty
    • 1986, Pierre Burton, Vimy, McClelland and Stewart, ?ISBN, p 91:
      With such delights awaiting them only a few miles to the rear, it's no wonder that men prayed for a “blighty” – a small wound that would not incapacitate them for life, but would get them out of the line for a month or even a week. . . . a stray bullet pierced Moore's left foot. Moore cried out, not with pain, but with delight. ¶ “Oh,” he shouted, “it's a beauty, Vic! What a present from the Red Devil! It's a Blighty, I'll bet a dollar.”

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slighty

English

Adjective

slighty (comparative more slighty, superlative most slighty)

  1. (obsolete) slight
    • 1671, John Eachard, Some Observations upon the Answer
      Let them shew where any thing is advised or commanded after this slothful and slighty way.

Anagrams

  • Lightys, sightly

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