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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
tin-plate .
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Examples
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Not sure why I missed this writer before, but he has a permanent place in my tin-plated, digital heart now.
MIND MELD: The Best Genre-Related Books/Films/Shows Consumed in 2009 (Part 3) 2009
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My pension is not gold-plated, more like tin-plated – just under £5,000 a year.
Thousands of women fear bleak future as they bear the brunt of public sector cuts 2010
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Bush I organized a true global coalition against Saddam Hussein, crushed the tin-plated dictator in hours, and had the good sense to get the hell out of the Iraq as quickly as possible.
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Because of the reduced supply, steelmakers have begun boosting prices on the plate steel used in shipbuilding, the flat-rolled steel used in appliances and the tin-plated steel used in food cans.
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Bush I organized a true global coalition against Saddam Hussein, crushed the tin-plated dictator in hours, and had the good sense to get the hell out of the Iraq as quickly as possible.
Barry Bortnick: Of Presidents and Men Barry Bortnick 2010
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Bush I organized a true global coalition against Saddam Hussein, crushed the tin-plated dictator in hours, and had the good sense to get the hell out of the Iraq as quickly as possible.
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In Scientology's "auditing," the claim is that the Hubbard Electropsychometer (E-Meter) can assess the reactive mind of the preclear by passing a small amount of voltage through a pair of tin-plated tubes that look like empty soup cans which are wired to the E-Meter and held by the preclear.
Bruce E. Levine: Thinking Critically About Scientology, Psychiatry, and Their Feud 2008
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This time, the mudslingerswrap themselves in the phony flag of tin-plated patriotism, and theyset about to swindle the American voters into forgetting the dire and urgent need for a giant change of policy and a new party in power.
McCain Swiftboaters are Already Questioning the Patriotism of Barak Obama 2008
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Well, this will damage his reputation, so he should go write a book proving that he is the smartest guy not on the Court, so who gives a tin-plated fig for what he finds funny?
Really? No, I mean, really Patrick J. Smith 2008
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Then, in 1995, Brown left his San Francisco home and built a three-story, tin-plated loft in the heart of Oakland's deteriorating waterfront.
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