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Meanings of Colonel Blimp in English

Catalan
colonel blimp
Spanish
colonel blimp

Any elderly pompous reactionary ultranationalistic person (after the cartoon character created by Sir David Low)

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Examples for "Blimp"
Examples for "Blimp"
1
Thus, the SUMO pathway critically regulates Blimp-1 function during plasma cell differentiation.
Pubmed
2
The real shift into glorious madness came with Colonel Blimp in 1943.
The Irish Times
3
The transcriptional repressor Blimp-1 is considered the master regulator of plasma-cell differentiation.
Pubmed
4
Might as well hire the Goodyear Blimp to advertise where I am.
Touching darkness
5
Results: Blimp-1 expression is elevated in T cells from AML patients.
Pubmed
Usage of Colonel Blimp in English
1
The real shift into glorious madness came with Colonel Blimp in 1943.
The Irish Times
2
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp comes closest to being an openly political picture.
The Irish Times
3
He is more than a golfer; he is a cross between Colonel Blimp and Evel Knievel.
The Guardian
4
Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, The
George A. Romero: Interviews
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A Matter of Life and Death, Black Narcissus or Colonel Blimp would suit me better in this position.
The Irish Times
6
True, the film does not have the brash magic of A Matter of Life and Death or the scope of Colonel Blimp.
The Irish Times
Translations for Colonel Blimp