Don't make too much of your little tinpot tragedy.
"Major Barbara"
George Bernard Shaw
The sort of Australian who used to talk about our "tinpot navy" labelled the Australians who rushed at the chance of adventure the moment the recruiting lists were opened "the six bob a day tourists."
"Letters from France"
C. E. W. Bean
That's refreshing, he said, returning Jack the tinpot, and I feel the cooler for it.
"Jack Tier or The Florida Reef"
James Fenimore Cooper