tin-pot

or tin·pot

[ tin-pot ]

/ ˈtɪnˈpɒt /

adjective

inferior; paltry; shoddy: The tin-pot farce lasted only three performances before closing.

of minor importance or significance: a tin-pot dictator, trying to look like a statesman.

Origin of tin-pot

First recorded in 1835–45; tin (from the believed inferior quality of a tin pot) + pot¹

Words nearby tin-pot

tin-panning, tin pants, tin parachute, tin pest, tin plate, tin-pot, tin pyrites, tinsel, tinselly, tinselry, Tinseltown

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Example sentences from the Web for tin-pot

I took an axe from the wagon—also a tin-pot, and a piece of dry beef that still remained to us.
The Desert Home|Mayne Reid
I was about to lead him aft, but his eye caught sight of a scuttlebutt, and the tin-pot on its head.
Afloat And Ashore|James Fenimore Cooper
Presently Colenso came into view—a hundred tin-pot houses under the high hills to the northward.
London to Ladysmith via Pretoria|Winston Spencer Churchill
It isn't a lively look-out to live in a tin-pot house here, and come home to find the mater fretting over her lost splendours.
The Quaint Companions|Leonard Merrick

Mary was preparing the dried meat, which she intended to boil along with the locust-beans in our tin-pot.
The Desert Home|Mayne Reid

British Dictionary definitions for tin-pot

tinpot

/ (ˈtɪnˌpɒt) /

adjective (prenominal) British informal

inferior, cheap, or worthless

paltry; unimportant

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单词	tin-pot
释义	tin-pot or tin·pot [ tin-pot ] / ˈtɪnˈpɒt / adjective inferior; paltry; shoddy: The tin-pot farce lasted only three performances before closing. of minor importance or significance: a tin-pot dictator, trying to look like a statesman. Origin of tin-pot First recorded in 1835–45; tin (from the believed inferior quality of a tin pot) + pot¹ Words nearby tin-pot tin-panning, tin pants, tin parachute, tin pest, tin plate, tin-pot, tin pyrites, tinsel, tinselly, tinselry, Tinseltown Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for tin-pot I took an axe from the wagon—also a tin-pot, and a piece of dry beef that still remained to us. The Desert Home\|Mayne Reid I was about to lead him aft, but his eye caught sight of a scuttlebutt, and the tin-pot on its head. Afloat And Ashore\|James Fenimore Cooper Presently Colenso came into view—a hundred tin-pot houses under the high hills to the northward. London to Ladysmith via Pretoria\|Winston Spencer Churchill It isn't a lively look-out to live in a tin-pot house here, and come home to find the mater fretting over her lost splendours. The Quaint Companions\|Leonard Merrick Mary was preparing the dried meat, which she intended to boil along with the locust-beans in our tin-pot. The Desert Home\|Mayne Reid British Dictionary definitions for tin-pot tinpot / (ˈtɪnˌpɒt) / adjective (prenominal) British informal inferior, cheap, or worthless paltry; unimportant Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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