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Frank J. Wilstach, comp.  A Dictionary of Similes.  1916.
 
Rotten
 
  Rotten as the poisonous heap the sea throws up for waste.
            —Sarah Flower Adams		  1
  Rotten as the gills of an old mushroom.
            —Anonymous		  2
                Rotten
As ever oak or stone was sound.
            —William Shakespeare		  3
  Rotten as dirt.
            —Laurence Sterne		  4
 
 
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