"Blimp" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: Blimps [plural]
Etymology: From Colonel Blimp, a comic character created by David Low and first appearing in London's Evening Standard in April 1934. Head templates: {{en-noun}} Blimp (plural Blimps)
  1. (humorous) A person considered similar to Colonel Blimp in appearance, thought, or expression, particularly (historical or archaic, derogatory) a reactionary middle-class Englishman during the Interwar Period. Wikipedia link: Colonel Blimp, David Low (cartoonist), Evening Standard Tags: humorous

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