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1. Tin-cup dictator? I think the expression is tin-pot dictator.

Sun Mar 29, 2020, 12:29 PM

Mar 2020

I hate the way they mangle the language. Is it just ignorance? Sounds vaguely sexist to me.

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Tin-cup dictator? I think the expression is tin-pot dictator. Walleye Mar 2020 #1

Yes, especially with that "little" thrown in Lulu KC Mar 2020 #2