little tin god
Example Sentences
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She's so confoundedly respectful—acts as if I were a little tin god.
From Two Thousand Miles Below by Diffin, Charles Willard
"Sort of little tin god," said Mike, taking a violent dislike to Adair from that moment.
From Mike and Psmith by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)
"Oh!" said the newly-made captain, "I'm not one of your old-fashioned sort that thinks an owner a little tin god."
From A Master of Fortune Being Further Adventures of Captain Kettle by Wood, Stanley L.
"He's a little tin god at Fentonville, I've heard," Mrs. Sampson responded, laughing in the mechanical way which was her habit.
From The Philistines by Bates, Arlo
A week or two more and the "little tin god" would go down off his wheels.
From A Soldier of the Legion by Williamson, C. N. (Charles Norris)
