Adjective : the blimpish attitudes of the old colonialists. From Dictionary.com.
The plate umpire stands mask in hand, nearly blimpish in his outfitting. From Wordnik.com. [Underworld] Reference
In fact I suspect it speaks to a blimpish belief that gays are not proper men, don't you know. From Wordnik.com. [Martin Amis, The Pregnant Widow (2010)] Reference
The blimpish British officers cited by Flashman are characters in Hector Servadac, one of Jules Verne's later science-fiction novels (1877). From Wordnik.com. [Watershed] Reference
In part, that's a consequence of his blimpish judgments on everyone upon whom his disapproval settles -- including the rich and the Chinese, as a people. From Wordnik.com. [An Amazon.com Books Blog featuring news, reviews, interviews and guest author blogs.] Reference
Yes, Waugh hungered for the trappings of the aristocracy, partied with the golden lads and lasses of Oxford's "Brideshead generation," and ultimately made himself into a blimpish country squire. From Wordnik.com. [Shocked by the New] Reference
The 'blimpish Little Englanders' who opposed monetary union were right all along, says. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph] Reference
Simon Callow as the blimpish, whip-cracking Pozzo, who is in effect the villain of the piece. From Wordnik.com. [Evening Standard - Home] Reference
The result is a building and landscaping of considerable modernist brio which even passed muster in blimpish corners of the shires. From Wordnik.com. [The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed] Reference
Composition to Landscape with Megaliths, turning away from the dangers of international modernism to the blimpish comforts of napped flint and chalk down. From Wordnik.com. [The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed] Reference
Some blimpish Brits still insist that theatre from other countries is more physical and visual than ours because they don't have our language, which - so the argument goes - is the richest in the world. From Wordnik.com. [Culture | guardian.co.uk] Reference
MariaLaura Di Domenico and her colleagues have asked that very question - and their findings suggest that, long after the blimpish Grayling has left the Tory front bench, he'll get his share of full English breakfasts. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
I should add that the author of these bitter and blimpish animadversions against Jews and Central European refugees was in his right mind quite a close friend of Arthur Koestler as well as a man sufficiently internationalist to have volunteered in the Spanish Civil War, where he was wounded fighting on behalf of a foreign working class. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
I read the whole thing cover to cover expecting a celebration of confidence and comfort in one’s own skin, and yet at the end of it I felt depressed, emasculated and blimpish. From Wordnik.com. [Fight bulimia: get naked? « Sven’s guide to…] Reference
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