Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.
Spattering
Spattering off in a steady stream, like a buck-shot spilling from a canister.
—Irvin S. Cobb
Lightning spattered the sky as a thrown egg spatters a barn door.
—Rudyard Kipling
Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.
Spattering off in a steady stream, like a buck-shot spilling from a canister.
—Irvin S. Cobb
Lightning spattered the sky as a thrown egg spatters a barn door.
—Rudyard Kipling