friction match
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of friction match
An Americanism dating back to 1830–40
Example Sentences
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And who really invented those later marvels, the friction match, the barometer, the airplane, the steamboat?
From Time Magazine Archive
The first patent in the United States for a friction match was issued October 24, 1836, to Alonzo D. Phillips, of Springfield, Massachusetts.
From Great Inventions and Discoveries by Willis Duff Piercy
The modern phosphorus friction match came into use about 1833.
From Great Inventions and Discoveries by Willis Duff Piercy
The sewing-machine had brought with it, like the friction match, one of the most profound influences in modifying domestic life, and making it different from that of all preceding time.
From Edison, His Life and Inventions by Frank Lewis Dyer
No wort der Breitmann ootered, He only make a sgratch, Calm and silend on de daple, Mit a liddle friction match.
From The Breitmann Ballads by Charles Godfrey Leland
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