Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.
Despicable
Despicable … as the old age of a passionate man.
—Anonymous
I kant consieve a more despikable objek than a proud and arrogant man; he makes me think ov an old Tom Turkey Trieing tew git mad at a red flannel pettycoat on a clothes line.
—Josh Billings