lucifer match

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We select this illustration of cheapness as a contrast, in relation to price and extent of demand, to the lucifer match.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, July, 1850. by Various

The lucifer match, however, was the all-absorbing centre of interest just then, and the scratch on the pebble was a much more important sound than any bellow of cannon from the fort.

From VC — A Chronicle of Castle Barfield and of the Crimea by Murray, David Christie

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

We found this expedient a very poor substitute for the lucifer match, but it was certainly better than nothing at all.

From My Reminiscences of the Anglo-Boer War by Van Breda, P.

These had strictly private dealings with the host, and showed a great objection to having a lucifer match struck near their faces.

From Debit and Credit Translated from the German of Gustav Freytag by Freytag, Gustav