Donald Trump was on his way to becoming a tin-pot dictator, propped up by corrupt sycophants such as Attorney General William Barr.
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Tin-pot
//ˈtɪnpɒt//
Synonyms for "tin-pot" (80 found)
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5 translations across 3 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- долнокачествен adj (of inferior quality; shoddy)
- евтин adj (of inferior quality; shoddy)
Polish
2 entries- lichy adj (of inferior quality; shoddy)
- nędzny adj (of inferior quality; shoddy)
Spanish
1 entries- de pacotilla adj (of inferior quality; shoddy)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
It was a great comfort to turn from that chap to my influential friend, the battered, twisted, ruined, tin-pot steamboat.
Source: wiktionary
Jim Hacker: Why are we having an official visit from this tin-pot little African country? / Sir Humphrey Appleby: Minister, I beg of you not to refer to it as a tin-pot little African country. It's an LDC.
Source: wiktionary
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