1952 B. Pym Excellent Women (1994) 311: ‘Hullo! You look like a wet week at Blackpool,’ Sister Blatt’s jolly voice boomed out.at like a wet week under like a..., phr.
1952 B. Pym Excellent Women (1994) 272: ‘Oh, they’ll go like hot cakes,’ said Winifred; ‘there’s always competition to buy them.’.at like hot cakes under hot, adj.
1952 B. Pym Excellent Women (1994) 265: I remembered many sticky church functions which might have been improved if somebody had happened to open a bottle of wine.at sticky, adj.1