lucifer match
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of lucifer match
First recorded in 1825–35
Example Sentences
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The man was kneeling before the stove and was in the very act of striking a lucifer match when I arrived.
From Recollections With Photogravure Portrait of the Author and a number of Original Letters, of which one by George Meredith and another by Robert Louis Stevenson are reproduced in facsimile by Murray, David Christie
The Moth is now pinned down in a lucifer match box, awaiting your inspection.
From Two Suffolk Friends by Groome, Francis Hindes
Gazing toward the point, she observed a dim glow in the darkness, such as might have been made by the reflection of a lucifer match.
From The Great Cattle Trail by Ellis, Edward Sylvester
Jaun now removed his empty pipe from his mouth and replaced it by a lucifer match, which, either as an aid to reflection or possibly for medicinal purposes, he chewed as he contemplated the ridge.
From Above the Snow Line by Dent, Clinton Thomas
He consulted his watch once more by the flickering light of a lucifer match.
From Despair's Last Journey by Murray, David Christie
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