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Definition of Book matches
1. Noun. A paper match that strikes only on a specially prepared surface.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Book Matches
Literary usage of Book matches
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Tariff Schedules: Hearings Before the Committee on Ways and Means, House of by Oscar Wilder Underwood (1913)
"... or at 35 per cent ad valorem would not affect the selling price. one kind of
safety matches, the so-called book matches given away in cigar stores. ..."
2. The School World (1905)
"This dainty and elegant little book matches its outward presentation with the
literary grace of its textual contents. It is indeed a valuable and worthy ..."
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