Definition of Tinpot

1. Adjective. Inferior (especially of a country's leadership). "He's a tinpot Hitler"


Definition of Tinpot

1. Adjective. (alternative spelling of tin-pot) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tinpot

1. of little importance [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tinpot

tinniness
tinninesses
tinning
tinnings
tinnitis
tinnitus
tinnitus aurium
tinnitus cerebri
tinnituses
tinnock
tinny
tinplate
tinplated
tinplates
tinplating
tinpot (current term)
tinpot(a)
tinpot dictator
tinpot dictators
tinpots
tins
tinsel
tinseled
tinseling
tinselled
tinselling
tinselly
tinselry
tinsels
tinsey

Literary usage of Tinpot

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Romantic East: Burma, Assam, & Kashmir by Walter Del Mar (1906)
"... Sher Garhi palace — Mosque of Shah Hamadan — The great mosque — Hari Parbat — tinpot temples. To the east of Srinagar the hill called Takht-i- Sulaiman, ..."

2. Cradle Days of New York: (1609-1825) by Hugh Entwistle McAtamney (1909)
"tinpot Alley — From the Dutch words Tuyn Paat, which do not mean tinpot, but garden road or lane. Tryon Row — From Sir William Tryon, the last English ..."

3. Parliamentary Debates (1893)
"24 The honourable member for the Buller wanted to protect his tinpot twopenny-halfpenny villages on the West Coast. He was willing to turn these men loose ..."

4. New York as it was and as it is: Giving an Account of the City from Its by John Disturnell (1876)
"Third street, Thirteenth avenue, Thomas street, Thompson street, tinpot alley, ... Third avenue, corner 6th street, from 98 Liberty, south to tinpot ..."

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