blimpish
Americanadjective
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Etymology
Origin of blimpish
First recorded in 1935–40; Colonel Blimp + -ish 1
Example Sentences
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The blimpish Mr. Pinfold is besieged and bombarded in his cabin by auditory hallucinations: dogs, jazz, church services, malign engineers from the BBC.
From New York Times ● Nov. 25, 2011
He bucks the "business-as-usual" policies of the mission's chief, blimpish Colonel Burling; he finds an understanding friend in Ernestina Manriquez, neglected wife of a rich landowner.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Tarzan role was typical: he played Brigadier Sir Basil Bertram, a blimpish general.
From Time Magazine Archive
The speaker, a blimpish Hollywood Britisher in Evelyn Waugh's The Loved One, sucked petulantly on his whisky & soda and stared at his outdated copy of Horizon, Cyril Connolly's British monthly for intellectuals.
From Time Magazine Archive
In Ohio, Stevenson will get little help from impish, blimpish Michael V. Di Salle, onetime Price Boss now running for U.S.
From Time Magazine Archive
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