hoarse as a crow

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hoarse as a crow (not comparable)

  1. (simile) Very hoarse.
    • 1897, Richard Marsh, The Beetle:
      I went upstairs and downstairs, inside and out — shouted myself hoarse as a crow — nothing was to be seen of Marjorie, — or heard; […]
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