tin god

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Its plausible air lasts until the final scenes; then the hero goes out of character and the picture goes off on a little sentimental jag to treat him like a tin god.

From Time Magazine Archive

"I'd like to know what's made a tin god of you, Jim Milton!" shouted Forrester.

From The Enchanted Canyon by Morrow, Honoré

A little tin god has a pleasant time of it, no doubt, until the coming of the eighteen carat gold idol.

From The Rise of Roscoe Paine by Lincoln, Joseph Crosby

He’s a little tin god on wheels, Margaret, that can do no wrong.

From The Turn of the Tide The Story of How Margaret Solved Her Problem by Porter, Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman)

She's so confoundedly respectful—acts as if I were a little tin god.

From Two Thousand Miles Below by Diffin, Charles Willard