tin-potty

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释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Synonym of tin-pot.

    'Tis strange, when one comes to consider the uses / Of bells as a means of attraction, to find / The church, which a feeling of grandeur induces, / Adopting a tin-potty sound of this kind.

    1923, Ernest Bramah, The Eyes of Max Carrados St Ethelburga's boasted the most tin-potty bell and the highest ritual of any church in Kingsmouth.

    It's a big thing, not a tin-potty little affair.