lucifer match

Example Sentences

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I think you will admit that it was with some show of reason I suggested that after all it is possible the lucifer match may not have quite so long an innings as the tinder-box.

From The Story of a Tinder-box by Tidy, Charles Meymott

As a lucifer match in the hands of a madman, when struck, may be the occasion of blowing up castles or burning down cities, so the tongue may “set on fire the course of nature.”

From Talkers With Illustrations by Bate, John

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

I could not see my compass, and we were not allowed to light a lucifer match under any pretext whatsoever.

From Up in the Clouds Balloon Voyages by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)

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