Colonel Blimp

noun

-ˈblimp How to pronounce Colonel Blimp (audio)
Definition of Colonel Blimpnext
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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  1. conservative
  2. veteran
  3. fossil
  4. stuffed shirt
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  • Donations also flooded in from ABC Supply Chairwoman Diane Hendricks, Beal Bank Chairman Andrew Beal, and other wealthy conservatives, according to filings.
    Gabe Kaminsky, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 30 Dec. 2024
  • Cannon has written that Reagan's pollster told him the issue was primarily of interest to hardcore conservatives.
    Ron Elving, NPR, 28 Dec. 2024
Definition of conservative
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  • Lansing was also a military veteran, serving from Oct. 1981 to April 1992 with the U.S. Army, his LinkedIn page shows.
    Laura A. Bischoff, The Enquirer, 27 Dec. 2024
  • Advertisement There was some positive news in the count, as homelessness among veterans continued to trend downward.
    Michael Casey, Los Angeles Times, 27 Dec. 2024
Definition of veteran
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  • Proterozoic fossils, dating from 2,500 million to 539 million years ago, include body imprints in fine sediments, stromatolites, trace fossils, chemical and isotopic remains.
    David Bressan, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
  • Only accessible by boat, the uninhabited nature preserve’s salt marshes, dunes, and pristine beaches are great spots to hunt for fossils, fish, or camp.
    Judy Garrison, Southern Living, 26 Dec. 2024
Definition of fossil
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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
  • 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
Definition of stuffed shirt
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