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Nellie had managed to crush a handful of the vinegar-like globules, when she caught sight of another vine deeper in the woods.

From Through Forest and Fire Wild-Woods Series No. 1 by Ellis, Edward Sylvester

The resulting liquid is drunk at the end of ten days, and is sour and vinegar-like.

From The Bontoc Igorot by Jenks, Albert Ernest

The old fellow, in a black periwig, has a most vinegar-like aspect, and looks with great contempt at the frippery gentlewoman immediately before him.

From The Works of William Hogarth: In a Series of Engravings With Descriptions, and a Comment on Their Moral Tendency by Trusler, John