Old Ironsides
What metaphors are used in Old Ironsides by Oliver Wendell Holmes?
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Although the name was not invented by Holmes, "Old Ironsides" is a metaphorical nickname. Ironclad vessels did not come into use until the Civil War.
Old Ironsides