tin soldier en · NOUN
Meanings
- A toy soldier made out of tin.
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(derogatory) 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.
1963, William Gates Le Duc, Recollections of a Civil War Quartermaster, page 98:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| tin soldiers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (22)
sh oловни војник (toy soldier) · bg оловен войник (toy soldier) · ru оловя́нный солда́тик (toy soldier) · de Zinnsoldat (toy soldier) · hu ólomkatona (toy soldier) · cmn 錫兵 /锡兵 (toy soldier) · sv tennsoldat (toy soldier) · nn tinnsoldat (toy soldier) · is tindáti (toy soldier) · fi tinasotamies (toy soldier) · pl żołnierzyk (toy soldier) · sh olovni vojnik (toy soldier) · da tinsoldat (toy soldier) · nb tinnsoldat (toy soldier) · pt soldadinho de chumbo (toy soldier) · fi tinasotilas (toy soldier) · tr kurşun asker (toy soldier) · ja スズの兵隊 (toy soldier) · et tinasõdur (toy soldier) · ja ブリキの兵隊 (toy soldier) · fr soldat de plomb (toy soldier) · mk оловен војник (toy soldier)