tin god

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

A week or two more and the "little tin god" would go down off his wheels.

"Oh, your little tin god on wheels is not the only one," replied Helena, the astute.

The Boss pirate was shot by me—a big six foot Northern Chinee, got up, to kill, like a tin god.

His prime predilection was Lamont, of whom, their mutual acquaintances were wont to pronounce, he made a little tin god on wheels.