1833. If the man was as cold as a wagon tire, provided there was any life in him, she’d bring him to; there’s no two ways about it.—James Hall, ‘Legends of the West,’ p. 88.
1833. You’re no account, to be afraid of a dead bear. I ’ve used him up, the right way. He ’s cold as a wagon-tire.—Id., p. 212. (Italics in the original.)
