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Definition of the day : « safety match »
- noun match protected from accidentally lighting
- The safety match of the present day did not appear until 1845.
- Extract from : « Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 2 (of 2) » by George Jacob Holyoake
- With trembling fingers she drew out a safety match and struck it on the box.
- Extract from : « Green Eyes » by Roy J. Snell
- Frey caught it and flicked a safety match with his fingernail.
- Extract from : « Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942 » by Various
- “Have sent,” said his entertainer briefly, as he filled a pipe from the open tobacco box and struck a safety match.
- Extract from : « Found in the Philippines » by Charles King
- I used only a third of a stick—you know, short fuse, with the end split so as to hold the head of a safety match.
- Extract from : « The Red One » by Jack London
- She lit it with a safety match and extinguished the match with a nervous flick of her arm.
- Extract from : « Earth Alert! » by Kris Neville
- Another fault of the safety match is its small size; it is apt to be entirely consumed before the fire can be started.
- Extract from : « Woodcraft » by E. H. (Elmer Harry) Kreps
- The safety match, therefore, cannot be lighted unless it is rubbed on the phosphorus on the outside of the box.
- Extract from : « Stories of Useful Inventions » by Samuel Eagle Foreman
- Indeed, in some places it is forbidden by law to sell any kind of match but the safety match.
- Extract from : « Stories of Useful Inventions » by Samuel Eagle Foreman
- The invention of the safety match is the last step in the long history of fire-making.
- Extract from : « Stories of Useful Inventions » by Samuel Eagle Foreman