tinhorn in English
noun
1
a contemptible person, especially one pretending to have money, influence, or ability.
he portrayed Wyatt Earp as a narcissistic tinhorn
Use "tinhorn" in a sentence
Below are sample sentences containing the word "tinhorn" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "tinhorn", or refer to the context using the word "tinhorn" in the English Dictionary.
1. A drifter, a cheater, a tinhorn.
2. I know a tinhorn when I see one.
3. Along comes this tinhorn - puts a bullet in me.
4. Some tinhorn gambler who yelled like a stuck pig... because he dropped a few hundred dollars.