1. But no great nation can define itself against such tinpot figures. 2. Wiktionary has a separate item at : wikt : tinpot dictator. 3. It gives too many other tinpot tyrants the wrong idea. 4. The high points are interviews in which Wallace treats the shah like a tinpot dictator. 5. That happens when any tinpot is deposed. 6. The headline said : " Media cavalcade besieges tinpot town of God and guns ." 7. Dealing with a nuclear power, for example, is quite different from dealing with a tinpot dictator. 8. In the provinces, local chieftains ignored the center and declared their tinpot republics " sovereign ." 9. Norfolk bay also contains the following small rock islands : The Mackerel Islets, Tinpot Island and Mason rock. 10. NATO was conceived 50 years ago to prevent World War III, not to face down tinpot tyrants in the Balkans.
