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
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
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
Next, he struck a safety match, softly, against the side of the match-box, and lighted his pipe, drawing in great whiffs.
From The Submarine Boys' Lightning Cruise The Young Kings of the Deep by Durham, Victor G.
Frey caught it and flicked a safety match with his fingernail.
From Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942 by Various
