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-BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD
Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.
Thomas Nash
Bare as my nail.Broad as a furred stomacher.Pierced like lightning.Pointed as a poniard.Red as a lobster.Simper like a porrage pot in the fire when it first begins to seethe.Soft as the back of a swan.Stale as sea-beef.Swift as mercury.Thick as oatmeal.Lilly-white as a lady’s marrying smock.