lucifer match
Example Sentences
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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
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.
The loss of the dish elicited a series of oaths from Mr. Middleton, who called his daughter such names as "lucifer match," "volcano," "powder mill," and so forth.
From Tempest and Sunshine by Holmes, Mary Jane
To aid me, I lighted a lucifer match, and by its flickering glare I saw right in front of me that beautiful pale face, enclosed as it were in a frame by the little window.
From A Day's Ride A Life's Romance by Lever, Charles James
It is a small thing to excite so much earnest scrutiny; only the half burned fragment of a lucifer match.
From Dangerous Ground or, The Rival Detectives by Lynch, Lawrence L.
