foreholdingn.
a spurious word in Johnson; in his quot. from L'Estrange ( Fables clxxviii) the word should be Forebodings.
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n.- as camp as a row of tents
- as chance would have it
- as cheap as chips
- as cheap as dirt
- as chipper as a bird
- as clean as a leek
- as clean as a new pin
- as clean as a pin
- as clean, clear, dry as a whistle
- as clear as crystal
- as clear as mud
- as close as one can stick
- as cold as a key
- as cold as a witch's teat
- as cold as a witch's tit
- as cold as ice
- as common
- as common as blackberries
- as common as dirt
- as common as muck
- as common as pig tracks
- as concerning
- as concerns
- as cool as a clock
- as cool as ice