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Old dart

name, slang

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  1. 1
    Britain, England, London, or Ireland; the Old Country. Australia, New-Zealand

    "J. A. W. has still, I am persuaded, any amount of friends in the Old Dart."

  2. 2
    Dartmouth Royal Navy College. UK, colloquial

Etymology

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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