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tin gods

tin gods is the plural of tin god.

Meaning of tin god

Noun

tin god (plural tin gods)

  1. (idiomatic) A false god, particularly a petty tyrant, a person who abuses or exceeds their authority over others in petty ways.
    • Wherefore the Little Tin Gods harried their little tin souls, / Seeing he came not from Chatham, jingled no spurs at his heels; […]1886, Rudyard Kipling, “[Departmental Ditties] Public Waste”, in Departmental Ditties […], New York, N.Y.: M. F. Mansfield & A. Wessels, published 1899, →OCLC

Questions about tin gods

What is tin gods the plural of?
Tin gods is the plural of tin god.

Words near tin gods in the dictionary

  1. tin foil hat
  2. tin foil hats
  3. tin frame
  4. tin frames
  5. tin god
  6. tin gods
  7. tin hat
  8. tin hats
  9. tin knocker
  10. tin knockers
  11. tin lid

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