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
To-day the safety match, certain and odorless, is sold at one-tenth of this price.
From Inventors by Hubert, Philip Gengembre
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 Tappan, Eva March
“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 King, Charles
The "safety match," which will not ignite unless brought into contact with the side of the box in which it is packed, was invented by Lundström of Sweden, in 1855.
From Great Inventions and Discoveries by Piercy, Willis Duff
