Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A pompous, reactionary, ultranationalistic person.
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- noun A
military middle class Englishmanintolerant of others’ ideas.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Bradford missed running around the world, though: One day in 1925 he took a photo with the English box camera and wrote on the back,This is what they call a Blimp.
Dream State Diane Roberts 2008
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The lengthy but rewarding "Blimp" is a warm, fond salute to a colonial British Empire on the wane, and the officers who served it.
John Farr: They Sure Don't Make 'Em Like They Used to: A Tribute to Deborah Kerr John Farr 2010
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The lengthy but rewarding "Blimp" is a warm, fond salute to a colonial British Empire on the wane, and the officers who served it.
John Farr: They Sure Don't Make 'Em Like They Used To: A Tribute To Deborah Kerr John Farr 2010
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The lengthy but rewarding "Blimp" is a warm, fond salute to a colonial British Empire on the wane, and the officers who served it.
John Farr: They Sure Don't Make 'Em Like They Used To: A Tribute To Deborah Kerr John Farr 2010
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TUCKER: The title song, "Green Blimp," is an airy metaphor for the state of bliss and freedom from worry that the singer wishes to attain.
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With its sing-along chorus and mid-tempo harmonies, "Green Blimp" is Dwight Twilley's "Yellow Submarine."
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TUCKER: The title song, "Green Blimp," is an airy metaphor for the state of bliss and freedom from worry that the singer wishes to attain.
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With its sing-along chorus and mid-tempo harmonies, "Green Blimp" is Dwight Twilley's "Yellow Submarine."
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With its sing-along chorus and mid-tempo harmonies, "Green Blimp" is Dwight Twilley's "Yellow Submarine."
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TUCKER: The title song, "Green Blimp," is an airy metaphor for the state of bliss and freedom from worry that the singer wishes to attain.
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