tin-pot
or tin·pot
[ tin-pot ]
/ ˈtɪnˈpɒt /
adjective
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Example sentences from the Web for tin-pot
"The tinpot style," said Mr. Britling at last in a voice of extreme bitterness.
Mr. Britling Sees It Through|H. G. WellsWhen they came at last, in their tinpot hats, they got out half a dozen big squirts and rushed into the building with them.
A Book of Burlesques|H. L. MenckenEngland will blow your trumpery little fleet out of the water and sweep your tinpot army into Siberia for this.
Great Catherine|George Bernard ShawNayland is a stuffed shirt of the first stuffing, and a tinpot Hitler to boot, but he is fanatically and incorruptibly patriotic.
The Mercenaries|Henry Beam Piper
British Dictionary definitions for tin-pot
tinpot
/ (ˈtɪnˌpɒt) /
adjective (prenominal) British informal
inferior, cheap, or worthless
paltry; unimportant
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