Old Dart
Meaning
- (Australia, New-Zealand) Britain, England, London, or Ireland; the Old Country.
- (UK, colloquial) Dartmouth Royal Navy College.
Synonyms
Translations
مملكة بريطانيا العظمى وشمال إيرلندا المتحدة،
Regne Unit de la Gran Bretanya i Irlanda del Nord
Großbritannien
Ηνωμένο Βασίλειο Ηνωμένο Βασίλειο της Μεγάλης Βρετανίας και της Βορείου Ιρλανδίας Βρεταννία Ἡνωμένο Βασίλειο
Grande-BretagneEtymology
Possibly from the river Dart in Devonshire which enters the sea at Dartmouth, location of a Royal Navy College. Royal Navy officers who were returning to England at the end of a foreign tour of duty referred to going back to the "Old Dart" for further training. Alternatively a variation of "old dirt" (compare old sod).
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