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tin-pot dictatorships

tin-pot dictatorships is the plural of tin-pot dictatorship.

Meaning of tin-pot dictatorship

Noun

tin-pot dictatorship (plural tin-pot dictatorships)

  1. (derogatory, idiomatic) A country ruled by a tin-pot dictator; an autocracy, especially one ruled by someone with delusions of grandeur.
    • And, if so, why not the arms-dealer who sells his products to some tin-pot dictatorship, knowing that they will be used to slaughter innocent women and kids?1979, John Wainwright, Death of a Big Man, Berkley, →ISBN, page 37

Questions about tin-pot dictatorships

What is tin-pot dictatorships the plural of?
Tin-pot dictatorships is the plural of tin-pot dictatorship.

Words near tin-pot dictatorships in the dictionary

  1. tin-plating
  2. tin-pot
  3. tin-pot dictator
  4. tin-pot dictators
  5. tin-pot dictatorship
  6. tin-pot dictatorships
  7. tin-pots
  8. tin-potty
  9. tin-skin
  10. tina
  11. tinabinol

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