Meaning of matchstalk | Babel Free

Definitions

Rare form of matchstick.

form-of, rare

Examples

“A few years ago match-makers had to dip their matchstalks into liquid phosphorus.”

“By an ingenious but simple mechanism inside, the sliding floor can be released merely by pressing a matchstalk into one of the holes at one end, [...]”

“Again silence fell. Biggles chewed a matchstalk reflectively.”

“And he painted matchstalk men and matchstalk cats and dogs”

“They used ‘matchstalk’ rather than stick, both because it’s the local pronunciation and because it sounds softer in the song, Parrott explained.”

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