tin god
Example Sentences
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Its plausible air lasts until the final scenes; then the hero goes out of character and the picture goes off on a little sentimental jag to treat him like a tin god.
From Time Magazine Archive
He thinks he's a little tin god on wheels—and honestly, it makes some people weak and sick just to think about him!
From The Magnificent Ambersons by Tarkington, Booth
And as she thinks him a tin god on wheels, she ceased to argue.
From Set in Silver by Williamson, A. M. (Alice Muriel)
They'll flatter him, make a tin god of him!
From His Second Wife by Poole, Ernest
You ain't any little tin god on wheels.
From Steve Yeager by Raine, William MacLeod
