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

Sluggish

Sluggish as “the dull weed that rots by Lethe’s wharf.” Anonymous

Sluggish … like a greasy bog.
—Joseph Conrad

Sluggish as liquid pitch.
—W. Clark Russell