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

Hite continued: "Your little tin god, Professor Herman Brierly, is spending the summer up in Canada, isn't he?"

From Death Points a Finger by Levinrew, Will

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

From Theft A Play In Four Acts by London, Jack

In fact, he is a little tin god on wheels.

From Danger Signals Remarkable, Exciting and Unique Examples of the Bravery, Daring and Stoicism in the Midst of Danger of Train Dispatchers and Railroad Engineers by Hill, John A.

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