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’m told he’s the little tin god of Tintown.

From The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett by MacKenzie, Compton

"He's a little tin god at Fentonville, I've heard," Mrs. Sampson responded, laughing in the mechanical way which was her habit.

From The Philistines by Bates, Arlo

Being conscripted into this idiotic space fleet that never fights is bad enough without a tin god on jets like Slichow!

From The Talkative Tree by Fyfe, Horace Brown

"Sort of little tin god," said Mike, taking a violent dislike to Adair from that moment.

From Mike and Psmith by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)