tin soldier
Americannoun
noun
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a miniature toy soldier, usually made of lead
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a person who enjoys playing at being a soldier
Example Sentences
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These onstage mateys may not be the Rockettes, but who needs a toe-tapping tin soldier number when you can have a pirate duel with candy canes?
From New York Times ● Dec. 25, 2014
This may be a small show, but unlike the poor tin soldier, it's pleasingly formed.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 21, 2010
"I wanted to go to France because I was just a tin soldier," Mr Babcock said in an interview with the Canadian Press in July 2007.
From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2010
General Mikhail Ouratieff, played with the suppleness of a tin soldier by Jean Pierre Aumont.
From Time Magazine Archive
Beowulf scampered to the toy box and returned with a tin soldier.
From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood
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