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- noun Plural form of
matchstick .
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Examples
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Pork and Century Egg congee ($5.50) comes topped with thin matchsticks of ginger and scallion rings, which send up a wonderful, healing aroma.
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"One of my team-mates was sent off for uttering the word 'matchsticks' to the referee.
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Homes are reduced to what look like piles of giant matchsticks.
Rochester, Vermont Hit Hard By Irene The Huffington Post News Editors 2011
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Meanwhile, cook 1 minced shallot with 1 strip of bacon, sliced into matchsticks or lardons in a skillet.
Organic Authority.com: Lentils: Inexpensive Protein Powerhouse and International Recipe Darling Organic Authority.com 2012
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In some French supermarkets, they sell a kit for making tarte flambée, including seasoned cream, packets of skinny bacon batons (matchsticks), and pre-made extra-thin bases.
In which I am a (lazy) culinary genius « We Don't Count Your Own Visits To Your Blog 2010
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Homes are reduced to what look like piles of giant matchsticks.
Rochester, Vermont Hit Hard By Irene The Huffington Post News Editors 2011
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Meanwhile, cook 1 minced shallot with 1 strip of bacon, sliced into matchsticks or lardons in a skillet.
Organic Authority.com: Lentils: Inexpensive Protein Powerhouse and International Recipe Darling Organic Authority.com 2012
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Your hair stands on end, so many matchsticks on a face coarsened by self-abuse.
The Mockingbird Sings Mark Kerstetter 2011
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His right foot was as long as his forearm, the rest of his limbs spindly as matchsticks.
Rogue Oracle 2011
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The causeway was engulfed in fire and the towers burned like matchsticks.
Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011
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