Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A small cardboard folder containing safety matches and having a striking surface along the bottom.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A small folder of paper safety matches.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A small folded sheet of
cardboard containing rows of cardboardmatches , generally with astriker on the outside.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a small folder of paper safety matches
Etymologies
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Examples
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The cigarette in the matchbook is a time bomb technique I remember seeing in the Billy Wilder movie 'Stalag 17'!
Inside TV Blog 2010
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The service was attentive and friendly without being cloying, the branded toothpicks in their 'matchbook' holders a funky touch, and the bill a pretty reasonable £95 including service - which, surprisingly for London, wasn't included as standard!
Archive 2008-05-01 Dungeekin 2008
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The service was attentive and friendly without being cloying, the branded toothpicks in their 'matchbook' holders a funky touch, and the bill a pretty reasonable £95 including service - which, surprisingly for London, wasn't included as standard!
Review - Gaucho, 25 April 2008 Dungeekin 2008
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Codey, D-Essex, privately told Gannett New Jersey that the New Jersey Education Association, the state's largest teachers 'union, had approached him beforehand to argue the use of the so-called "matchbook" degrees should be negotiated in contract talks.
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"A cigarette, a matchbook contain a secret life much more intense than certain humans… I see a tree, I get a shock as if it were something breathing..."
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– - Cassell gets his political info from Newsmax and his medical info from a correspondence school he found on the back of a matchbook cover.
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Every thing from the choice of wines to the music in the air to the matchbook cover gets his scrutiny.
Jay Weston: Mr. Beverly Hills, Fred Hayman, Honored... and His Biography Is Published Jay Weston 2011
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Life as "advertised" and life as "lived" were insuperably intertwined on the pages of "LIFE" and "LOOK" magazines, on television shows, commercials, billboards, hotel signs, romance novels and even matchbook covers as never before.
Bill Bush: The Great Picture -- A Photo History Landmark: This Artweek.LA (July 11-17) Bill Bush 2011
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Every thing from the choice of wines to the music in the air to the matchbook cover gets his scrutiny.
Jay Weston: Mr. Beverly Hills, Fred Hayman, Honored... and His Biography Is Published Jay Weston 2011
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Gallagher, 83, and Paredes, the maid who boxed up the clothes, together have posted for Internet auction a long list of items that once belonged to Jacqueline Kennedy - including a pink nightgown: $300-$400; a used tube of "Arden Pink" lipstick and some pale blue stationery: $200-$300; and an unopened pack of Greek cigarettes and matchbook: $100-$200.
National Archives has Jacqueline Kennedy's pink suit, but hat is missing Faye Fiore 2011
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