safety match
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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
The old sulphur matches made in "card and block" can no longer be bought in this country; the safety match has taken their place.
From Makers of Many Things by Eva March Tappan
He struck a safety match and held it to the leg of the table.
From Nonsense Novels by Stephen Leacock
Frey reached in his pocket and pulled out a safety match and flicked it with his fingernail.
From Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942 by Various
“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
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