little tin god
Example Sentences
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They've been swearing by Knox, like a little tin god.
From Theft A Play In Four Acts by Jack London
"Meaning you're a little tin god?" she chaffed.
From The Gray Dawn by Stewart Edward White
"Well," said Clay flippantly, "if you will set up as a little tin god on wheels, you must expect them to say their prayers to you."
From A Master of Fortune Being Further Adventures of Captain Kettle by Stanley L. Wood
"You think you're quite the little tin god, don't you?"
From The Golden Amazons of Venus by John Murray Reynolds
She's so confoundedly respectful—acts as if I were a little tin god.
From Two Thousand Miles Below by Charles Willard Diffin
