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blimpish
Variant of blimp
blimp
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blimp (blimp)
noun
- a nonrigid or semirigid airship
Etymology: after Col. Blimp, creation of Sir David Low
a pompous, smug, highly conservative person
Etymology: echoic of sound caused by thumping the airship bag with a finger: prob. coined (1915) by A. D. Cunningham, Brit Navy Air Force
Related Forms:
- blimpish blimp′·ish adjective
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