Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.

Crowd

He crouds to the Bar like a Pig through a Hedge.
—Samuel Butler

Crowding like the waves of ocean, one on the other.
—Lord Byron

Crowding one another like a flock of black goats scurrying down the hills.
—Gustave Flaubert

Crowded like chickens in a cluster.
—John H. Frere

Crowd, like flocking linnets.
—Thomas Hood