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

Whine

Whine like wind at a keyhole.
—Anonymous

Whyning like a Pigge halfe rosted.
—John Lyly

Whined like a leashed wolf-pack.
—Alfred Noyes

He whines like a Jew whose house is burnt.
—Osmanli Proverb