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tin soldier

noun

Definitions

  1. A toy soldier made out of tin.

  2. One who only plays at being a soldier.

    • 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.

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