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

"He thinks he's a little tin god on wheels," the drayman said.

From Main-Travelled Roads by Garland, Hamlin

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

From The Californians by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn

They've been swearing by Knox, like a little tin god.

From Theft A Play In Four Acts by London, Jack

Everybody brought their troubles to me, and I guess I thought I was a little tin god on wheels and the place couldn't get along without me.

From Where There's a Will by Rinehart, Mary Roberts