tin-pot

[ tin-pot ]

/ ˈtɪnˈpɒt /

adjective

inferior; paltry; shoddy.

Words nearby tin-pot

tin whistle, tin-opener, tin-pan, tin-panning, tin-plate, tin-pot, tin-white, tina, tinactin, tinamou, tinbergen

Origin of tin-pot

First recorded in 1765–75; from the believed inferior quality of a tin pot

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Example sentences from the Web for tinpot

"The tinpot style," said Mr. Britling at last in a voice of extreme bitterness.
Mr. Britling Sees It Through|H. G. Wells
When 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. Mencken
England will blow your trumpery little fleet out of the water and sweep your tinpot army into Siberia for this.
Great Catherine|George Bernard Shaw
Nayland 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 tinpot

tinpot

/ (ˈtɪnˌpɒt) /

adjective (prenominal) British informal

inferior, cheap, or worthless

paltry; unimportant

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