Definitions
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- adjective pompously ultraconservative and nationalistic.
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- adjective
Blimp -like inappearance orsize . - adjective often capitalized
Pompously reactionary, like Colonel Blimp.
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- adjective pompously ultraconservative and nationalistic
Etymologies
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Examples
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Paul recounted the famous chipmunk-chasing escapade that had ended with Jane shimmying down the drainpipe after her runaway pet and being confronted by a “naked blimpish British colonel” spluttering with embarrassment.
A Covert Affair Jennet Conant 2011
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Paul recounted the famous chipmunk-chasing escapade that had ended with Jane shimmying down the drainpipe after her runaway pet and being confronted by a “naked blimpish British colonel” spluttering with embarrassment.
A Covert Affair Jennet Conant 2011
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In fact I suspect it speaks to a blimpish belief that gays are not proper men, don't you know.
Martin Amis, The Pregnant Widow (2010) Adam Roberts 2010
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In part, that's a consequence of his blimpish judgments on everyone upon whom his disapproval settles -- including the rich and the Chinese, as a people.
An Amazon.com Books Blog featuring news, reviews, interviews and guest author blogs. 2008
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The blimpish British officers cited by Flashman are characters in Hector Servadac, one of Jules Verne's later science-fiction novels (1877).
Watershed 2010
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In fact I suspect it speaks to a blimpish belief that gays are not proper men, don't you know.
Archive 2010-03-01 Adam Roberts 2010
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The plate umpire stands mask in hand, nearly blimpish in his outfitting.
Underworld Don Delillo 2008
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Seeing as Naipaul's still with us, and Dirda goes on to let's face it, aptly characterize him as "increasingly blimpish, less a cultural scourge than a mean-spirited, intolerant crank," I'm not answering anything without a recognized caller ID for a few days if I'm the critic in question.
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Seeing as Naipaul's still with us, and Dirda goes on to let's face it, aptly characterize him as "increasingly blimpish, less a cultural scourge than a mean-spirited, intolerant crank," I'm not answering anything without a recognized caller ID for a few days if I'm the critic in question.
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The plate umpire stands mask in hand, nearly blimpish in his outfitting.
Underworld Don Delillo 2008
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