Possible Clues:

• War memento, maybe
• Like a plant in need of water
• In need of a stiffener before the little blighter left
• Like Dali's famous watches
• No big stiff could so barely get along in the walk of life
• One that it's hard to get along with is not a big stiff
• Like Dalí's famous watches
• Edge around hem finally becomes loose
• If you're not tight, don't walk like that
• No big stiff would get along with this