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little tin god



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His prime predilection was Lamont, of whom, their mutual acquaintances were wont to pronounce, he made a little tin god on wheels.

From In the Whirl of the Rising by Bertram Mitford

He thinks he's a little tin god on wheels—and honestly, it makes some people weak and sick just to think about him!

From The Magnificent Ambersons by Booth Tarkington

A week or two more and the "little tin god" would go down off his wheels.

From A Soldier of the Legion by C. N. (Charles Norris) Williamson

"Oh, your little tin god on wheels is not the only one," replied Helena, the astute.

From The Californians by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton

You ain't any little tin god on wheels.

From Steve Yeager by William MacLeod Raine




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