match-safe

We seldom pause to think, after it has performed its mission, and we have carelessly thrown it away, that it has a history of its own, and that, like some more pretentious things, its journey from the forest to the match-safe is full of changes.

St. Nicholas, Vol. 5, No. 5, March, 1878 Various

A waterproof match-safe easily accounted for the fire.

Boy Scouts of the Air on Lost Island Gordon Stuart

Espérance arose to his knees and drawing a match-safe from his pocket struck a light.

Monte-Cristo's Daughter Edmund Flagg

At sound of a familiar voice Phil opened his waterproof match-safe and struck a light.

Every Man for Himself Hopkins Moorhouse

He rose, hastily; stared about him in the darkness; and then, bethinking himself of the probable situation, hurriedly took a match-safe from his pocket and lighted the night-lamp which stood on the tiny table.

The Genius Margaret Horton Potter

Then he reached out for the lantern, and his handy match-safe, so that they could get some light on the subject.

Fred Fenton on the Crew or, The Young Oarsmen of Riverport School Allen Chapman

"Why, you got a whole hundred dollars saved up in your match-safe," shouted the dentist, throwing out an arm with an awkward gesture.

McTeague 1920

There it was in the bottom of her trunk, in the canvas sack, the chamois-skin bag, and the little brass match-safe.

McTeague 1920

In the bottom of her trunk, in the bedroom, she hid a brass match-safe that answered the purposes of a savings bank.

McTeague 1920

Upon every reference to that little hoard in the brass match-safe and chamois-skin bag at the bottom of her trunk,

McTeague 1920