COLONEL BLIMP


Meaning of COLONEL BLIMP in English

noun

Usage: capitalized C&B

Etymology: after Colonel Blimp, a cartoon character created by David Low b 1891 British cartoonist

: an army officer or government official notoriously stuffy, pompous, short-sighted, and unobservant of or hostile to up-to-date procedures ; broadly : an elderly pompous reactionary

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