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 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 Lynde, Francis

I'm all-fired tired of this man Colter's being so hard on me and having all the people around here treat him like a tin god.

From The Ranch Girls' Pot of Gold by Vandercook, Margaret

"You think you're quite the little tin god, don't you?"

From The Golden Amazons of Venus by Reynolds, John Murray

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 Mitford, Bertram