safety match
Example Sentences
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She struck a safety match, and flames roared 20 feet into the air, until only her two out stretched hands were visible.
From Time Magazine Archive
It may be interesting to know that a large match emits about as much light as a burning candle and a so-called safety match about one third as much.
From Artificial Light Its Influence upon Civilization by Matthew Luckiesh
“Have sent,” said his entertainer briefly, as he filled a pipe from the open tobacco box and struck a safety match.
From Found in the Philippines The Story of a Woman's Letters by Charles King
The so-called safety match of the present time was invented in the year 1855.
From Artificial Light Its Influence upon Civilization by Matthew Luckiesh
He struck a safety match and held it to the leg of the table.
From Nonsense Novels by Stephen Leacock
