lucifer match

Example Sentences

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We have in this electrical torch a substitute—partial substitute, I ought to say—for the lucifer match.

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

"Have you never heard as it ain't all gold as glitters?" said Drayton; and he struck a lucifer match on the top of the mahogany table.

From A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time by Caine, Hall, Sir

Gazing toward the point, she observed a dim glow in the darkness, such as might have been made by the reflection of a lucifer match.

From The Great Cattle Trail by Ellis, Edward Sylvester

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.

At last the doctor lighted a lucifer match, and away scampered at least a hundred rats into the holes from whence they had come out.

From A Voyage round the World A book for boys by Kingston, William Henry Giles