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- noun Plural form of
Blimp .
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Examples
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One was the military and imperialist middle class, generally nicknamed the Blimps, and the other the left-wing intelligentsia.
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Blimps continue to fly all over the U.S. all the time (Goodyear, MetLife, Fuji, etc.)
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Blimps could replace aircraft in freight transport, say scientists | Environment | The Guardian: Fresh fruit, vegetables, flowers and other foreign luxuries could be part of a global revolution by carrying cargo around the world in airships instead of planes, one of the UK's leading scientists has predicted.
Archive 2010-06-27 Bill Crider 2010
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There's also WPA posters, Civil War photos, railroads, WW II, even Zeppelins and Blimps for the steampunk fans.
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"Blimps are safe and reliable," says Dan Grossman, an Atlanta attorney who researches and writes about airships at www. airships.net.
Blimp Enthusiast Is Buoyed by Idea of a Round-the-World Race 2010
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Blimps and helicopters with high zoom cameras hovered above us.
Charles Shaw: "Kettling": Another "Special Relationship" Between the US and UK 2009
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(Blimps use lighter-than-air gas, not hot air) 10: 16 PM
Elementary! Jessica Hagy 2007
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But I guess she's just one of those "cheerleaders" or "Colonel Blimps" Taylor dismisses so disdainfully.
Scott Taylor: FAIL 2008
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Kathleen was the most otherly of what Isherwood always called the Others, those Blimps and boors he felt nipping at his heels.
Darling Me 2005
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She also did a cover of Guided by Voices Blimps Go 90″ when I saw her last year.
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