lucifer match
Example Sentences
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I think you will admit that it was with some show of reason I suggested that after all it is possible the lucifer match may not have quite so long an innings as the tinder-box.
From The Story of a Tinder-box by Tidy, Charles Meymott
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
I could not see my compass, and we were not allowed to light a lucifer match under any pretext whatsoever.
From Up in the Clouds Balloon Voyages by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
Directions for making these luminous phials are very simple, and may be found in most of the books of experiments published prior to the introduction of the modern lucifer match.
From The Seven Follies of Science [2nd ed.] A popular account of the most famous scientific impossibilities and the attempts which have been made to solve them. by Phin, John
