lucifer match

Example Sentences

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To freeze to death merely because he did not have a dry lucifer match?

From The Last of the Chiefs A Story of the Great Sioux War by Altsheler, Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander)

Con′greve-match, a kind of lucifer match, invented by Congreve.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

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

But for the purpose of studying a guide book in the dark, one lucifer match is worth a sky full of lightning.

From The Battle of Principles A Study of the Heroism and Eloquence of the Anti-Slavery Conflict by Hillis, Newell Dwight

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 Holmes, Mary Jane