blighty

noun, plural blight·ies. British Slang.

1. (often initial capital letter) England as one’s native land; England as home: We’re sailing for old Blighty tomorrow.
2. a wound or furlough permitting a soldier to be sent back to England from the front.
3. military leave.

noun

1. NZ another name for white-eye

noun (sometimes not capital) British slang (used esp by troops serving abroad)

1. England; home
2. (esp in World War I)
   1. Also called: a blighty onea slight wound that causes the recipient to be sent home to England
   2. leave in England