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Noun Concept
Categories: Injuries, War casualties, Military humor, Military slang and jargon
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blighty wound  Million-dollar wound  million dollar wound
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A wound that would cause an English soldier to be sent home from service abroad WordNet 3.0
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A wound that would cause an English soldier to be sent home from service abroad WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
"Million-dollar wound" or "Blighty wound" is military slang for a type of wound received in combat which is serious enough to get the soldier sent away from the fighting, but neither fatal nor permanently crippling. Wikipedia
IS A
wound
major trauma
PART OF
military slang
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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blighty wound
Wikipedia
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Million-dollar wound
Wikidata
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Million-dollar wound
Wikipedia Redirections
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blighty wound, Million-Dollar Wound, million dollar wound
Wikidata Alias
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Blighty wound

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