"tin god" meaning in All languages combined

{
  "etymology_text": "From tin's figurative sense as \"worthless\" or \"counterfeit\" in relation to silver and god's use for idols.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tin gods",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "tin god (plural tin gods)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1886, Rudyard Kipling, Departmental Ditties, page 24:",
          "text": "The Little Tin Gods harried their little tin souls.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1909, Frederic William Wile et al., Our German Cousins, page 89:",
          "text": "In Prussia alone there are 492 Landräte—a sort of district commissioner—all Government officials or directly in touch with the central government, and all little tin gods in their own district.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1943 March 3, Redacted Dodgeville, Wisconsin, Draft Board member, FBI report",
          "text": "[Frank Lloyd Wright] was regarded by members of the fellowship as somewhat of an idol, a tin god, or a master, who could do no wrong."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A false god, particularly a petty tyrant, a person who abuses or exceeds their authority over others in petty ways."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "false",
          "false"
        ],
        [
          "god",
          "god"
        ],
        [
          "particularly",
          "particularly"
        ],
        [
          "petty",
          "petty"
        ],
        [
          "tyrant",
          "tyrant"
        ],
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ],
        [
          "abuse",
          "abuse"
        ],
        [
          "exceed",
          "exceed"
        ],
        [
          "authority",
          "authority"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) A false god, particularly a petty tyrant, a person who abuses or exceeds their authority over others in petty ways."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "word": "tin god"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "From tin's figurative sense as \"worthless\" or \"counterfeit\" in relation to silver and god's use for idols.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tin gods",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "tin god (plural tin gods)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English idioms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1886, Rudyard Kipling, Departmental Ditties, page 24:",
          "text": "The Little Tin Gods harried their little tin souls.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1909, Frederic William Wile et al., Our German Cousins, page 89:",
          "text": "In Prussia alone there are 492 Landräte—a sort of district commissioner—all Government officials or directly in touch with the central government, and all little tin gods in their own district.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1943 March 3, Redacted Dodgeville, Wisconsin, Draft Board member, FBI report",
          "text": "[Frank Lloyd Wright] was regarded by members of the fellowship as somewhat of an idol, a tin god, or a master, who could do no wrong."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A false god, particularly a petty tyrant, a person who abuses or exceeds their authority over others in petty ways."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "false",
          "false"
        ],
        [
          "god",
          "god"
        ],
        [
          "particularly",
          "particularly"
        ],
        [
          "petty",
          "petty"
        ],
        [
          "tyrant",
          "tyrant"
        ],
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ],
        [
          "abuse",
          "abuse"
        ],
        [
          "exceed",
          "exceed"
        ],
        [
          "authority",
          "authority"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) A false god, particularly a petty tyrant, a person who abuses or exceeds their authority over others in petty ways."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "word": "tin god"
}