Talk:tin-pot dictator

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Usage notes[edit] Although still used today, this is a pejorative term coined in the days of the colonial British Empire, and referred to the Victorian innovation of the tin-pot, a very cheap metal container, the forerunner of the modern tin can.213.49.94.84 00:00, 15 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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