tinhorn

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tinhorn

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From tin + horn, from gambling.

adjective more tinhorn · most tinhorn · tin-horn

US Cheap, inferior; pretentious.

noun tinhorns · tin-horn

US A contemptible or pretentious person, especially one who gambles for low stakes. “[…] Them rich fellers, they don't make no bad breaks with their money. They watch it all th' time b'cause they know blame well there ain't hardly room fer their feet fer th' pikers an' tin-horns an' thimble-riggers what are layin' fer 'em. […]”

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@misc{tinhorn_2026,
  title = {tinhorn},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tinhorn},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}