lucifer match
Example Sentences
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Thus, how incalculably, and in how many ways, have recent discoveries in chemistry enhanced human happiness, of which the lucifer match furnishes a home example.
From The Illustrated Self-Instructor in Phrenology and Physiology by L. N. Fowler
The Moth is now pinned down in a lucifer match box, awaiting your inspection.
From Two Suffolk Friends by Francis Hindes Groome
These had strictly private dealings with the host, and showed a great objection to having a lucifer match struck near their faces.
From Debit and Credit Translated from the German of Gustav Freytag by Gustav Freytag
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 Mary Jane Holmes
In the dreadful noise then prevailing it was no more heard than the fizz of a lucifer match.
From All Around the Moon by Edward Roth
