[IronJack]

There are few authors who have as elaborate a command of the language as Dickens. Effusive sometimes to the point of prolixity, he could capture a character like no other, often damning with faint praise or praising with faint damnation.

One of my favorite Dickenisms is his description in, I believe, Little Dorrit of a prim dowager matron whose formidable bosom was likened to a dreadnought battleship. She never walked across a room, she "tacked" or "sailed" or otherwise maneuvered nautically, with intimidating results.

[Oztrich Boy]

One of my favorite Dickenisms is his description in, I believe, Little Dorrit of a prim dowager matron whose formidable bosom was likened to a dreadnought battleship.

I think not. He wrote the book long before he met The Doctor and Rose to pick up the analogy.