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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