lucifer match

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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

This was followed by the rasping scrape of a lucifer match, by the feeble light of which the man’s face was seen bending over the lantern which he was endeavouring to light.

From The Pirate Slaver A Story of the West African Coast by Overend, William Heysham

Thus, how incalculably, and in how many ways, have recent discoveries in chemistry enhanced human happiness, of which the lucifer match furnishes a home example.

From The Illustrated Self-Instructor in Phrenology and Physiology by Fowler, L. N.

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.

One of the largest English fire insurance companies estimates that the introduction of the lucifer match has caused it a damage of £10,000 per annum.

From Principles of Political Economy, Vol. II by Roscher, Wilhelm