safety match

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noun

a match designed to ignite only when rubbed on a specially prepared surface.

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Origin of safety match

First recorded in 1860–65

Words nearby safety match

Safety Islands, safety lamp, safety lintel, safety lock, safety man, safety match, safety net, safety pin, safety razor, safety squeeze, safety touch

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How to use safety match in a sentence

A passing off-duty school safety officer named Fred Lucas said that he had been told the man was a drug dealer.
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Part of the problem is the mandate of the war and the means with which the U.S. is fighting it do not match up.
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“This is the only place in the souk you can buy safety pins,” he said.
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The accident rate in Asia has marred what was in 2014 a banner year for aviation safety.
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Not for the benefit of the harasser, of course, but for your own safety.
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To Berthier, if to any one, Bonaparte entrusted his secret designs, for he knew that he could do so in safety.
Napoleon's Marshals|R. P. Dunn-Pattison
Little did Tressan dream to what a cask of gunpowder he was applying the match of his smug pertness.
St. Martin's Summer|Rafael Sabatini
These residents then killed the parish priest, and without arms fled for safety to the mountain ravines.
The Philippine Islands|John Foreman
Juan de Messa lost his head, and ran down stairs, thinking that his safety lay there.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XX, 1621-1624|Various
A cricket-match was in progress, but the bowling and batting were extremely wild, thanks to The Warren strong beer.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills

British Dictionary definitions for safety match

safety match

noun

a match that will light only when struck against a specially prepared surface

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