Usually means: Inferior quality, unimportant, and pretentious.
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General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. tin-pot: Merriam-Webster
  2. tin-pot: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. tin-pot: Wordnik
  4. tin-pot: Wiktionary
  5. tin-pot: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  6. tin-pot: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. tin-pot: Dictionary.com
  8. tin-pot: TheFreeDictionary.com

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. tin-pot: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  Of inferior quality; shoddy.
adjective:  Insignificant or minor, especially in an amusing and petty manner.
noun:  A tin-pot dictator.

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