lucifer match

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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

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 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.

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