Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One of the matches formerly made by dipping in melted sulphur (now in the usual preparation for friction-matches) a thin strip of wood in the form of a toothed card.
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Examples
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He was a little queer old fellow, bald-pated, with a snout whereat you might easily have lighted a card-match, and a phiz as red as a cardinal's cap.
Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 5 Fran��ois Rabelais 1518
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He was a little queer old fellow, bald-pated, with a snout whereat you might easily have lighted a card-match, and a phiz as red as a cardinal’s cap.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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He was a little queer old fellow, bald-pated, with a snout whereat you might easily have lighted a card-match, and a phiz as red as a cardinal’s cap.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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