AS LIKE AS YORK IS TO FOUL SUTTON, phr. (old).—As dissimilar as may be.
1544. ASCHAM, Toxophilus, 47. To tumble ouer and ouer, to toppe ouer tayle,… which exercises surelye muste nedes be naturall bycause they be so childisshe, and they may be also holesome for the body; but surely as for pleasure to the minde or honestie in the doinge of them, they be AS LYKE shotinge as YORKE IS FOULE SUTTON.
See YORKER.
