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
After several ineffectual attempts to light this, he discovered it was a safety match.
From The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
He lingered for a moment behind the protection of that angle of rock wall, struck a safety match, and held the tiny flame down close against the face of his pocket compass.
From Beth Norvell A Romance of the West by Parrish, Randall
Presently a light was struck: Burnet remembered as an incongruous detail in such a spot that it was a safety match; and a small lantern was lit.
From Carry On! A Story of the Fight for Bagdad by Strang, Herbert
The so-called safety match of the present time was invented in the year 1855.
From Artificial Light Its Influence upon Civilization by Luckiesh, Matthew
