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Frank J. Wilstach, comp.  A Dictionary of Similes.  1916.
 
Wriggle
 
  Wriggles, as though she had the itch.
            —Beaumont and Fletcher		  1
  Wriggle, like a screw.
            —Samuel Butler		  2
  Wriggle in and out like an eel in a sandbag.
            —Thomas Middleton		  3
  Wriggling about like a mouse in the middle of a wall.
            —Plautus		  4
  Wriggle … like sleep struggling to wake up.
            —Rabindranath Tagore		  5
 
 
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