tinhorn
📖 Definitions
noun
Someone who pretends to have money, skill, influence, etc.
adjective
Inferior or insignificant, while pretending to be otherwise.
💬 Usage Examples
“I’m a veteran, and toted an assault rifle for a couple of years in a war. was a useful and necessary tool of military combat, but I haven’t needed or wanted one since I left the military 50 years ago. “I was a hunter before I went in the service, and enjoyed it thoroughly, except for maybe eating what I shot. It was always a little tougher and gamier than the same stuff in the supermarket. After the service, I stopped hunting, because I didn’t want to shoot at anything if it wasn’t shooting at me, and gunfire made me jumpy. “Today, I don’t want to be anywhere near a woods full of tinhorn troopers with their military toys.” Mike Pfrang; Your Views; Wisconsin State Journal (Madison); Aug 5, 2018.