Definition: An autocratic ruler with little political credibility, typically having delusions of grandeur.
Usage: Although still used today, this is a pejorative term coined in the days of the British Empire, when it referred to the Victorian innovation of the tin pot, an inexpensive metal container, the forerunner of the tin can. Though neither the tin can nor tin pots are used today because of toxicity, the term is still apt.
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What is used now is aluminum.
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Usage: Although still used today, this is a pejorative term coined in the days of the British Empire, when it referred to the Victorian innovation of the tin pot, an inexpensive metal container, the forerunner of the tin can. Though neither the tin can nor tin pots are used today because of toxicity, the term is still apt.
en.wictionary.org
What is used now is aluminum.
List of tin-pot dictators...
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