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
- : someone, especially a gambler, who pretends to be important but actually has little money, influence, or skill.
adj.形容词 adjective
- 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.
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