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Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.

Short

Short as the life of a wave.
—Leonid Andreyev

Short as Mahomet’s dream.
—Anonymous

Short, thick and round,—like a suet-pudding.
—Anonymous

Short as a militia drummer-boy.
—J. B. Buckstone

Short as wash-day-dinner graces.
—Irwin Russell

Short as any dream.
—William Shakespeare

Short as a lawyer’s beard.
—John Webster