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matchbox

[ mach-boks ]

noun

  1. a small box, usually of cardboard, for matches. match.


matchbox

/ ˈæʃˌɒ /

noun

  1. a small box for holding matches
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of matchbox1

First recorded in 1780–90; match 1 + box 1
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Our old home in the kitchen wall behind the stove, in our matchboxes with the scrap quilts and the human-hair mattresses.

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“So of course, it just went up like a matchbox.”

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It passed people selling sculptures and paintings and bouquets and sunglasses and multicolored matchbox cars.

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This is what we call a major plot twist, one that will continue to bear fruit if the green matchbox from Sam’s restaurant is to be believed.

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He has lost interest in the matchbox cars he used to love, his father said.

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