Old Dart

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Old Dart

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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).

proper noun

Australia, New Zealand Britain, England, London, or Ireland; the Old Country. J. A. W. has still, I am persuaded, any amount of friends in the Old Dart.
Similar: the old country
UK, colloquial Dartmouth Royal Navy College.

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"Old Dart." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/old%20dart. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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Old Dart. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/old%20dart

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"Old Dart." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/old%20dart.

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@misc{old_dart_2026,
  title = {Old Dart},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/old%20dart},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}