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tin-pot definition

tin·-pot (tin′pät′)

adjective

Informal of little importance or value; insignificant, petty, inferior, etc. a tin-pot dictator
also tinpot tin′·pot′

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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