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
They've been swearing by Knox, like a little tin god.
From Theft A Play In Four Acts by London, Jack
You say there was a light in the tent—I suppose Anson was there tinkering with his little tin god of a timepiece.
From The City of Numbered Days by Lynde, Francis
"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)
You ain't any little tin god on wheels.
From Steve Yeager by Raine, William MacLeod
