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Толковый словарь английского языка - blimp

 
 

Blimp

blimp
noun Etymology: imitative; perhaps from the sound made by striking the gas bag with the thumb Date: 1916 an airship that maintains its form by pressure from contained gas, Colonel Blimp
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  n. 1 (also (Colonel) Blimp) a proponent of reactionary establishment opinions. 2 a a small non-rigid airship. b a barrage balloon. 3 a soundproof cover for a cine-camera. Derivatives blimpery n. blimpish adj. Etymology: 20th. c., of uncert. orig.: in sense 1, a pompous, obese, elderly character invented by cartoonist David Low (d. 1963), and used in anti-German or anti-Government drawings before and during the war of 1939-45 ...
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