Old Dart

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  1. 1.

    Britain, England, London, or Ireland; the Old Country.

    澳大利亚 新西兰
  2. 2.

    Dartmouth Royal Navy College.

    英国 非正式 政治 军事

词源

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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