lucifer match

American  

noun

1. friction match.

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Etymology

Origin of lucifer match

First recorded in 1825–35

Example Sentences

I think you will admit that it was with some show of reason I suggested that after all it is possible the lucifer match may not have quite so long an innings as the tinder-box.

From The Story of a Tinder-box by Tidy, Charles Meymott

The lucifer match, however, was the all-absorbing centre of interest just then, and the scratch on the pebble was a much more important sound than any bellow of cannon from the fort.

From VC — A Chronicle of Castle Barfield and of the Crimea by Murray, David Christie

It was here that in 1829 he invented a lucifer match by adopting sulphur as the medium between the explosive material and the wood, but he refused to patent the invention.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" by Various

We select this illustration of cheapness as a contrast, in relation to price and extent of demand, to the lucifer match.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, July, 1850. by Various

He consulted his watch once more by the flickering light of a lucifer match.

From Despair's Last Journey by Murray, David Christie