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Colonel Blimp

Definition: Colonel Blimp

Colonel Blimp

Noun

1. (British) any elderly pompous reactionary ultranationalistic person (after the cartoon character created by Sir David Low).

2. A pompous reactionary cartoon character created by Sir David Low.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonym: Colonel Blimp

Synonym: Blimp (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Colonel Blimp

English words defined with "Colonel Blimp": David LowlowSir David Alexander Cecil Low. (references)

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Modern Usage: Colonel Blimp

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Colonel Blimp

DomainTitle

Books

  • The Complete Colonel Blimp (reference)

  • The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (Bfi Film Classics) (reference)

    (more book examples)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

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Modern Translation: Colonel Blimp

Language Translations for "Colonel Blimp"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Turkish

  

tutucu şişman adam. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Colonel Blimp

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "b-c-e-i-l-l-l-m-n-o-o-p"

-4 letters: compline, picomole.

-5 letters: binocle, colonel, combine, compile, complin, compone, embolic, monocle, oinomel, pinocle, polemic.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Translations: Modern
7. Anagrams
8. Bibliography


  

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