tin god

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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

The duke may remain a duke, but he won’t be such a little tin god on wheels.

From The Rough Road by Locke, William John

A little tin god has a pleasant time of it, no doubt, until the coming of the eighteen carat gold idol.

From The Rise of Roscoe Paine by Lincoln, Joseph Crosby

She thought you were a little tin god on wheels, and told me after you'd gone that you'd come back and thrash me.

From The Wreck of the Titan or, Futility by Robertson, Morgan

Thar ain't hardly an officer in this garrison thet ain't just achin' fer ter kick that squirt, but ther women—oh, Lord; they think he's a little tin god on wheels.

From Molly McDonald A Tale of the Old Frontier by Blumenschein, Ernest L.