English

Alternative forms

• tinpot
• tin pot

Adjective

tin-pot ‎(not comparable)

1. (informal) Inferior; shoddy.
   • 1899, Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness, section 1

     It was a great comfort to turn from that chap to my influential friend, the battered, twisted, ruined, tin–pot steamboat.

2. (informal) Of a country, regime etc., autocratic, especially amusingly so.

Derived terms

• tin-pot dictator
• tin-pot dictatorship

Related terms

• tin-foil

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