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  • noun Plural form of blighter.

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Examples

  • * btw, what is wrong with calling the blighters Pathans?

    Army Rumour Service 2010

  • But I have to say, most of my mummy friends are looking pretty good having popped out a couple of the little blighters and in the short term, I can't think of a better reason to get the Tiny Guest onto my breast: apparently, breast feeding burns approximately 500 calories a day!

    Sarah Cawood: Maternity Fashion Matters Sarah Cawood 2011

  • Wouldn't want the blighters getting involved would we Eric?

    Hugh Muir's diary 2011

  • F Scott Fitzgerald called them "like laughing at your own jokes", and newspaper editors are dismissive of the poor blighters.

    From Help! to Build A Rocket Boys!, exclamation marks rock! 2011

  • But I have to say, most of my mummy friends are looking pretty good having popped out a couple of the little blighters and in the short term, I can't think of a better reason to get the Tiny Guest onto my breast: apparently, breast feeding burns approximately 500 calories a day!

    Sarah Cawood: Maternity Fashion Matters Sarah Cawood 2011

  • When I was boy I was told these blighters could break arm with a swipe of their wings.

    Swansea City Premier League 2011-12 team guide 2011

  • Easy you will need someone to go MoonWalkies to dig the little bot blighters out; unwedge them from crevices; perform repairs with a big hammer (as taught by the the Al Bean School of Engineering;) and add a few homely touches where the bots cannot reach.

    NASA 2.0? - NASA Watch 2009

  • But I have to say, most of my mummy friends are looking pretty good having popped out a couple of the little blighters and in the short term, I can't think of a better reason to get the Tiny Guest onto my breast: apparently, breast feeding burns approximately 500 calories a day!

    Sarah Cawood: Maternity Fashion Matters Sarah Cawood 2011

  • After this article was published, many a reader got in touch with their own stories and strategies for dealing with these blighters on the road.

    Cycling and the canine conundrum | Nicola Brady 2011

  • But I have to say, most of my mummy friends are looking pretty good having popped out a couple of the little blighters and in the short term, I can't think of a better reason to get the Tiny Guest onto my breast: apparently, breast feeding burns approximately 500 calories a day!

    Sarah Cawood: Maternity Fashion Matters Sarah Cawood 2011

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