A role model, of sorts

role model noun [C]
a person whom someone admires and whose behaviour they try to copy:
Sports stars are role models for thousands of youngsters.


of sorts (ALSO of a sort)
used to describe something which is not a typical or good example of something:
He managed to make a curtain of sorts out of an old sheet.

(from Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)

Staying at the top

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A role model, of sorts

Dec 19th 2007