Some medical beast had revived Tar-water in those days as a fine medicine, and Mrs. Joe always kept a supply of it in the cupboard; having a belief in its virtues correspondent to its nastiness. At the best of times, so much of this elixir was administered to me as a choice restorative, that I was conscious of going about, smelling like a new fence. On this particular evening the urgency of my case demanded a pint of this mixture, which was poured down my throat, for my greater comfort, while Mrs. Joe held my head under her arm, as a boot would be held in a bootjack.
– Charles Dickens
Great Expectations, Chapter 2. Pip and Joe are force fed nasty tar water medicine by Mrs. Joe after Pip eats his bread too fast. She pours a pint of it down Pip’s throat and makes Joe drink half a pint. We see two similes used in this passage – “smelling like a new fence” and “as a boot would be held in a bootjack.”