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- proper noun The Tin Woodsman, a
metallic character in the fictional Land of Oz who travels with Dorothy, the Scarecrow, and the Cowardly Lion to the Emerald City in search of aheart .
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Examples
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The Tin Man is called the Tin Man, with "man" as part of his name.
CNET News.com 2010
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Just call me the Tin Man, he laughed in spite of himself.
Tick Tock Erin Zulkoski 2011
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"I'm a person who has a lot of energy," said the accomplished actress who made her mark in Cameron Crowe's Almost Famous, had shining turns in TV's Weeds and Tin Man, then became a bona fide sweetheart-breaker with 500 Days of Summer.
Michael Bialas: Who's That 'New Girl'? Zany Zooey Deschanel Is One Funny, Foxy Lady Michael Bialas 2011
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I have to say, SciFi's miniseries — Alice, Tin Man, the Dune adaptations, etc. — are vastly superior to their movies.
The Sci Fi Craptacular- What Terrible Looks Like - Pink Raygun.com 2010
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What makes it all the more egregious, to me, is that Syfy is capable of making good, original stuff, as evidenced by Tin Man and Alice Tin Man I didn't like so much, but it looked great; surprisingly, I liked Alice.
The Sci Fi Craptacular- What Terrible Looks Like - Pink Raygun.com 2010
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Critics convinced themselves that they heard no authentic humanity in it, no depth of feeling, Cope was characterised as a composer without a heart; his recent memoir is called Tin Man.
David Cope: 'You pushed the button and out came hundreds and thousands of sonatas' 2010
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At that moment Hawthorne reappeared with the Tin Man, who agreed to go.
The Dragon’s Apprentice James A. Owen 2010
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At that moment Hawthorne reappeared with the Tin Man, who agreed to go.
The Dragon’s Apprentice James A. Owen 2010
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McDonough has contributed his masonry-like expression to films such as Minority Report and the TV fare like Tin Man, and has had previous military experience in Band Of Brothers.
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At that moment Hawthorne reappeared with the Tin Man, who agreed to go.
The Dragon’s Apprentice James A. Owen 2010
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