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

He is of course built from the same clay as his brother of the Volunteers; but the latter is a tin god, and the former is a devil.

From From Yauco to Las Marias A recent campaign in Puerto Rico by the Independent Regular Brigade under the command of Brig. General Schwan by Herrman, Karl Stephen

"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.

Everybody brought their troubles to me, and I guess I thought I was a little tin god on wheels and the place couldn't get along without me.

From Where There's a Will by Rinehart, Mary Roberts

I'm all-fired tired of this man Colter's being so hard on me and having all the people around here treat him like a tin god.

From The Ranch Girls' Pot of Gold by Vandercook, Margaret