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blimp
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blimp out
to overeat; to eat too much and gain weight. I blimp out almost every weekend. If I could stop blimping out, I could lose some weight.
See also: out

Have a blimp!

Sl. Have a good year! (A reference to the Goodyear blimp, which is famous for being at notable events.) Good-bye. Have a blimp! Have a blimp! See you next summer.
See also: have

a Colonel Blimp  (British old-fashioned)
an old man who has old-fashioned ideas and believes he is very important He's very much a Colonel Blimp with his comments about foreign influences dividing our society.


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When, as a young assistant editor of the Architectural Review, I met Osbert Lancaster he was gnarled, superficially blimpish, close to the grave and still very funny.
Snooty blue rinse bint to blimpish hubby: "My dear, look at that strange looking building.
Being able to help so many people through Soccer Aid was one of the true highlights of my life Robbie Williams I know I sound blimpish but I do feel the straight play is a doomed species.
 
 
 
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