Examples of Colonel Blimp in a Sentence
felt like a Colonel Blimp when it came to how his grandchildren communicated with each other
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Released in the thick of World War II, Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp serves as a kind of origin story for the character but also, and above all, as a defense of his place in history and in shaping the national character.
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Keith Phipps, Vulture, 22 Nov. 2024
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Keith Phipps, Vulture, 22 Nov. 2024
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“Colonel Blimp.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Colonel%20Blimp. Accessed 26 Jul. 2025.
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