Translations for „tinpot“ in the English » German Dictionary

ˈtin·pot ADJ inv pej inf

tinpot

schäbig pej

tinpot

billig pej

he's a tinpot dictator

er ist ein Westentaschendiktator pej

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

he's a tinpot dictator

er ist ein Westentaschendiktator pej

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

This is clearly not some tinpot little coup.

www.afr.com

It also throws up some hilariously tinpot images - images we now want to celebrate in all their ramshackle glory.

www.mirror.co.uk

But the 40,000 capacity crowd did not seem to care one bit about the ceremony's somewhat tinpot attempts at innovation.

www.dailymail.co.uk

These four are no tinpot colleges.

www.telegraph.co.uk

Isn't this the stuff of tinpot dictatorships, not the world's oldest constitutional republic?

www.telegraph.co.uk

One ring short on the night, a wheel had fallen off their tinpot chariot too.

www.independent.ie

I'm hardly going to change my opinion on this topic or anyother because we are no longer playing in some tinpot knockout cup.

www.theroar.com.au

A man with his folksy smile and clumsy charm would never cut mustard as a tinpot dictator.

www.irishexaminer.com

After an absence of six and a half years, the tinpot men are back with a vengeance.

www.shadowlocked.com

They're not tinpot events either.

www.cnn.com