Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.
Retain
Retained their wonted vigour … as clocks once set in motion do yet go, the hand being absent.
—William Cartwright
Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.
Retained their wonted vigour … as clocks once set in motion do yet go, the hand being absent.
—William Cartwright