tin soldier
English edit
Noun edit
tin soldier (plural tin soldiers)
- A toy soldier made out of tin.
- (derogatory) One who only plays at being a soldier.
- 1963, William Gates Le Duc, Recollections of a Civil War Quartermaster, page 98:
- By officers and men he was regarded as a tin soldier; by the church people generally, because of Parson Alvord's newspaper articles, he was thought to be a great hero.
Translations edit
toy soldier
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