Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A match for lighting.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A match for lighting candles, lamps, etc.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a
matchstick - noun a matchstick-sized cut of
potatoes
Etymologies
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Examples
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Expressions: frotter une allumette = to strike a match se frotter contre quelque chose = to rub against something ne vous y frottez pas!
French Word-A-Day: 2006
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Expressions: frotter une allumette = to strike a match se frotter contre quelque chose = to rub against something ne vous y frottez pas!
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Expressions: frotter une allumette = to strike a match se frotter contre quelque chose = to rub against something ne vous y frottez pas!
French Word-A-Day: 2006
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Also: une allumette = a match une allumeuse = a tease (a flirt)
French Word-A-Day: 2005
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Also: une allumette = a match une allumeuse = a tease (a flirt)
French Word-A-Day: 2005
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Also: une allumette = a match une allumeuse = a tease (a flirt)
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On the top of this he sprinkled a little aromatic Turkish tobacco, and then applied an allumette.
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Having charged the pipe from an embroidered pouch filled with choice Turkish tobacco, he struck an allumette and began to smoke.
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"'Tis better to laugh than be sighing," and Charlie burst forth in that bacchanalian melody at the top of his voice, waving an allumette holder over his head to represent Randal's inverted wineglass.
Rose in Bloom 1876
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"'Tis better to laugh than be sighing," and Charlie burst forth in that bacchanalian melody at the top of his voice, waving an allumette holder over his head to represent Randal's inverted wineglass.
Rose in Bloom Louisa May Alcott 1860
milosrdenstvi commented on the word allumette
A very small shred. Originally used with potatoes, is used of paper in Little Women.
July 4, 2008
milosrdenstvi commented on the word allumette
A very small shred. Originally used with potatoes, is used of paper in Little Women.
July 4, 2008
arby commented on the word allumette
Not to be confused with alouette of the children's song.
July 4, 2008