单词 | phosphorus match |
释义 | > as lemmasphosphorus match phosphorus match n. ΚΠ 1799 Lounger's Common-place Bk. IV. 45/1 The Popish recusant perhaps might have performed the task assigned to him, with greater ease, had he been furnished with phosphorus matches. 1838 E. A. Poe Narr. Arthur Gordon Pym ii. 23 He next lit a small taper by means of a phosphorus match, and..descended with it through the opening, bidding me follow. 1949 T. B. Jones S. Amer. Rediscovered 246 Expilly was a maker of phosphorus matches, whose book, according to Burton, should have been Le Brésil tel qu'il n'est pas. < as lemmas |
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