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—and honestly, it makes some people weak and sick just to think about him!
From The Magnificent Ambersons by Tarkington, Booth
She thought you were a little tin god on wheels, and told me after you'd gone that you'd come back and thrash me.
From The Wreck of the Titan or, Futility by Robertson, Morgan
"Well," said Clay flippantly, "if you will set up as a little tin god on wheels, you must expect them to say their prayers to you."
From A Master of Fortune Being Further Adventures of Captain Kettle by Wood, Stanley L.
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
