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Frank J. Wilstach, comp.  A Dictionary of Similes.  1916.
 
Wet
 
  Wet as a fish.
            —Anonymous		  1
  Weet, as beest is in the reyn.
            —Geoffrey Chaucer		  2
Her face with little drops was wet
Like pansy petals after rain.
            —Norman Gale		  3
  Wet as a drowned rat.
            —Thomas Heywood		  4
  Wet as a dog in the rain.
            —James Huneker		  5
  Wet as the slush of a quagmire.
            —Ouida		  6
 
 
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