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tinhorn

/tin-hawrn/US // ˈtɪnˌhɔrn //UK // (ˈtɪnˌhɔːn) US slang //

锡伯纳,锡伯族,喇叭口,锡伯族人

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : someone, especially a gambler, who pretends to be important but actually has little money, influence, or skill.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : cheap and insignificant; small-time: a tinhorn racket.

Examples

  • That makes them mad and the tinhorn bunch keep stirring up trouble.

  • But we don't get many men with your background—cop, tinhorn, fighter—who have brains enough for our work.

  • When Tinhorn dealt him another jack he bought more chips and backed his pair, for Tinhorn, as yet, had none in sight.

  • The next turn showed up a queen for Tinhorn and a three-spot for Smith.

  • But there was one person his story did involve, and that was Spiker, the tinhorn, tenderfoot sport of Noches.