| 单词 | book of matches |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbook of matches h. In full book of matches. = matchbook n. at match n.2 Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > material for igniting > [noun] > container or holder for tinder or matches tinder-box1530 firebox1555 tinder1570 linstock1575 funk horn1673 spunk-box1721 phosphorus box1792 light box1816 spunk-flask1835 match-bottle1839 matchbox1853 match-pot1856 match-safe1860 punk-box1862 match-stand1873 match holder1884 book1899 safety box1902 matchbook1937 1899 Sunday Sentinel (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) 20 Aug. i. 5/2 The kind of safety matches which are made of paper and sent out in the form of a book..are competing strongly with wax matches in England. In one order 30,000,000 books were sold to Liverpool. 1899 Sunday Sentinel (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) 20 Aug. i. 5/2 The Pabst company..have made a special offer since March 22 to mail 100 books of matches to anyone enclosing two 12-cent stamps. 1937 Pop. Mech. Dec. 38 a/1 To help guard against the other matches in the book catching fire when one is struck, a newly patented match package has an inner flap which covers the heads of the matches. 1962 J. Braine Life at Top v. 88 One of the books of matches I'd taken away from the Savoy. 2008 New Yorker 28 July 41/3 In a popular puzzle known as ‘the candle problem’..subjects are given a cardboard box containing a few thumbtacks, a book of matches, and a candle. < as lemmas |
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