as in conservative
a person with old-fashioned ideas
felt like a Colonel Blimp when it came to how his grandchildren communicated with each other
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Recent Examples of Colonel Blimp
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
Keith Phipps, Vulture, 22 Nov. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for Colonel Blimp
Noun
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These Are the Dark-Horse Contenders The church is recent years has been sharply divided between conservatives and progressives.—
Khaleda Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 May 2025
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Francis had to contend with conservatives deeply angered by his reform and a bureaucracy that fought tooth and nail to prevent it from happening.—
Rebecca Schneid,
Time,
8 May 2025
Noun
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The studio has enlisted roughly 40 animation crew members, including veterans of past Hartman productions, working remotely from locations around the world.—
Carolyn Giardina,
Variety,
15 May 2025
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With veterans Rodgers, Davante Adams and C.J. Mosley all released this offseason, there’s much less buzz and expectation surrounding the Jets.—
Antwan Staley,
New York Daily News,
15 May 2025
Noun
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The Organoid Company is creating a T-Rex protein by using fragments of the T-Rex collagen protein from fossils, the companies said in a statement to USA TODAY.—
Mike Snider,
USA Today,
11 May 2025
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The museum hosts part of Bravo’s personal collection, including priceless antiques from Mali, Japan and Morocco, dinosaur fossils, and paintings by Francis Bacon.—
Carlotta Dotto,
CNN Money,
8 May 2025
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With his piano-pounding performances, wild vocals, bouffant hair and makeup, Little Richard burst onto the musical scene in the 1950s and shook up the stuffed shirts with a string of his hit songs that got both black and white people dancing.—
NBC News,
NBC News,
9 May 2020
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Karen Knorr’s photos of the private members’ clubs of London in the early 1980s are full of stuffed shirts wearing gleaming brogues.—
The Economist,
The Economist,
25 Feb. 2020
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“Colonel Blimp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Colonel%20Blimp. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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