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Definition of Matchbox
1. Noun. A box for holding matches.
Definition of Matchbox
1. Noun. A small cardboard box in which matches are kept. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Matchbox
1. a small box [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Matchbox
Literary usage of Matchbox
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Windsor Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly for Men and Women (1895)
""With God's help, sir," said Phil in a faltering voice, " you shall keep it there
always." " That, Phil," said he, " is the matchbox I ..."
2. Round London, Down East and Up West by Montagu Williams (1893)
"... since the strike—matchbox-makers—Their sufferings— " Twopence three-farthings
a gross, because they are big ones "— Match girls—Their fashions—Early ..."
3. The Badminton Magazine of Sports & Pastimes edited by Alfred Edward Thomas Watson (1897)
"Ladas once more beat matchbox by as nearly as possible the regulation distance;
but Throstle, ... matchbox was sold to the Austrian Government for 18,0001. ..."
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