Definition of Colonel Blimp
: a pompous person with out-of-date or ultraconservative views; broadly : reactionary
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Examples of colonel blimp in a Sentence
felt like a Colonel Blimp who had outlived his time
Origin and Etymology of colonel blimp
Colonel Blimp, cartoon character created by David Low
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