Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.
Smoke
Smoked like a herring.
—Robert Browning
Smoking like a crater.
—Alphonse Daudet
Smoked like a gammon of bacon.
—Anthony Hamilton
Smoked like a chimney.
—Richard Harris Barham
Smoking like a boiler at the heat.
—James Sheridan Knowles
Smoking like an iron works.
—Tom Taylor