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tin soldiers

tin soldiers is the plural of tin soldier.

Meaning of tin soldier

Noun

tin soldier (plural tin soldiers)

  1. A toy soldier made out of tin.
  2. (derogatory) One who only plays at being a soldier.
    • By officers and men he was regarded as a tin soldier; by the church people generally, because of Parson Alvord's newspaper articles, he was thought to be a great hero.1963, William Gates Le Duc, Recollections of a Civil War Quartermaster, page 98

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What is tin soldiers the plural of?
Tin soldiers is the plural of tin soldier.

Words near tin soldiers in the dictionary

  1. Tin Shui Wai
  2. tin skin
  3. tin skins
  4. tin snips
  5. tin soldier
  6. tin soldiers
  7. tin tab
  8. tin tabernacle
  9. tin tabernacles
  10. tin tetrachloride
  11. tin whisker

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