lucifer match
Example Sentences
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Such genius in our country runs to waste, a waste, as pitiful, it seems to me, as that of pulling down a star from the firmament for use as a lucifer match.
From My Reminiscences by Hesh, Sasi Kumar
The former may be obtained by burning a little sulphur or a sulphured lucifer match under the perforations of a killing box of the pattern described, and the latter—well, every smoker knows that.
From Butterflies and Moths (British) by Furneaux, William S.
But for the purpose of studying a guide book in the dark, one lucifer match is worth a sky full of lightning.
From The Battle of Principles A Study of the Heroism and Eloquence of the Anti-Slavery Conflict by Hillis, Newell Dwight
The Moth is now pinned down in a lucifer match box, awaiting your inspection.
From Two Suffolk Friends by Groome, Francis Hindes
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
