Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
match .
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Examples
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The infection caught like a quick-match, and ran like wildfire through all those in the family who had not previously had the disease.
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Pencroft, holding the end of the quick-match, stood ready to fire.
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Pencroft, holding the end of the quick-match, stood ready to fire.
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There was a pause as fire ate up the worsted quick-match that had been soaked with a liquid solution of mealed powder, spirits of wine, and isinglass.
Sharpe's Siege Cornwell, Bernard 1987
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The quick-match, hissing sparks, darted into an embrasure of the Teste de Buch.
Sharpe's Siege Cornwell, Bernard 1987
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The broken, charred damp trail of a burned quick-match showed where the fuse had been laid.
Sharpe's Siege Cornwell, Bernard 1987
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Durand advanced to the gate, his sappers piled their powder bags against it and withdrew; Durand and his sergeant uncoiled the hose, ignited the quick-match under a rain from the battlements of bullets and miscellaneous missiles, and then retired to cover out of reach of the explosion.
The Afghan Wars 1839-42 and 1878-80 Archibald Forbes 1869
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Pencroft, holding the end of the quick-match, stood ready to fire.
The Secret of the Island Jules Verne 1866
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He applied a light to the quick-match as he spoke, and awaited the result.
The Prairie Chief 1859
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The infection caught like a quick-match, and ran like wildfire through all those in the family who had not previously had the disease.
The Surgeon's Daughter Walter Scott 1801
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