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TINPOT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does tinpot mean?
• TINPOT (adjective)
The adjective TINPOT has 1 sense:
1. inferior (especially of a country's leadership)
Familiarity information: TINPOT used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Inferior (especially of a country's leadership)
Context example:
he's a tinpot Hitler
Similar:
worthless (lacking in usefulness or value)
Domain region:
Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)
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