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
"You think you're quite the little tin god, don't you?"
From The Golden Amazons of Venus by John Murray Reynolds
You say there was a light in the tent—I suppose Anson was there tinkering with his little tin god of a timepiece.
From The City of Numbered Days by Francis Lynde
"Meaning you're a little tin god?" she chaffed.
From The Gray Dawn by Stewart Edward White
They've been swearing by Knox, like a little tin god.
From Theft A Play In Four Acts by Jack London
