Definition of Colonel blimp

1. Noun. Any elderly pompous reactionary ultranationalistic person (after the cartoon character created by Sir David Low).


2. Noun. A pompous reactionary cartoon character created by Sir David Low.

Definition of Colonel blimp

1. Noun. (British) A stereotype of a pompous, ex-military middle-aged man, conservative and opposed to new ideas. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Colonel Blimp

Colocasia
Colocasia esculenta
Cologne
Cologne earth
Colombia
Colombian
Colombian Sign Language
Colombian crake
Colombian crakes
Colombian monetary unit
Colombian necktie
Colombian peso
Colombianism
Colombians
Colombo
Colonel Blimp
Colonel Blimps
Colonel Sanders
Colophonian
Colophonians
Coloradan
Colorado
Colorado Desert
Colorado Plateau
Colorado River
Colorado River hemp
Colorado Springs
Colorado beetle
Colorado beetles
Colorado blue spruce

Literary usage of Colonel blimp

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1. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1844)
"THE BEREAVEMENT OF colonel blimp By DAVID Low From the Listener, Weekly Organ of the British Broadcasting Corporation [Here is another of the Listener's ..."

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