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‖ tandstickor|ˈtændˌstɪkə(r)|
[a. Swed. tändstickor matches, pl. of tändsticka, f. tända to light, kindle + sticka splinter, spill. The Eng. popular use was taken from the word ‘Tändstickor’, i.e. ‘matches’, on boxes of matches made in Sweden.]
More fully, tandstickor match, a cheap kind of lucifer match imported from Sweden.
1884Pall Mall G. 19 July 20/1 Who ever sees the Tändstickors nowadays except in Continental hotels? 1889Rider Haggard Allan's Wife, etc. 313 It was a ‘tandstickor’ match, and burnt slowly and dimly. 1898Westm. Gaz. 3 June 4/3 The public which purchases the ordinary or tandstickor match. |