Definition of "tinpot" [tinpot]

• Alternative spelling of tin-pot. (adjective)

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• "Revolutions in tinpot republics don’t solve problems; they exacerbate them."
• "As if we lived in some kind of tinpot theocracy, Mr. MacAskill intoned that Megrahi would be judged by "a higher authority.""
• "A blog which quickly descends, in its comment moderation policy, into the kind of tinpot authoritarianism that the likes of Guido and Dale are just itching to catch a whiff off."