MATCH (flammable item)
NOUNS
19C ► a safety-match → PRESS AND SCRATCH → rhyming sl.
1864 ► a match that contains no sulphur → PARLOR MATCH → Amer. dial.
1885 ► safety-matches giving a bright flame → FLAMERS → sl.
1892 ► wooden matches → POST-AND-RAILS → Aust. sl. (Bk.)
20C ► a box of matches → BOX OF LIGHTS → Brit. sl.
20C ► lucifer matches → SMALL TIMBER → sl.
20C ► a safety match → SPLIT → Aust. sl.
1900 ► a match → HELL-STICK → Amer. dial.
1910 ► non-safety matches → ANARCHISTS → Aust. sl.
1910 ► a French lucifer match → ASQUITH → Eng.
1943 ► a household match → FENCE POST → Amer. dial.
1950 ► a safety match; it strikes on its own box → ONE-MAN MATCH → Amer. dial.
1953 ► a match → FRICTION → Trinidad and Tobago
1965 ► a kitchen match; a wooden match which can be struck on any surface → BARN BURNER → Amer. dial.
1965 ► a wooden match that can be struck on any rough surface → FARMER MATCH → FARMER’S MATCH → FARM MATCH → Amer. dial.
1967 ► a matchbook → ENVELOPE → Amer. dial.
1967 ► a large wooden match → FIRE STICK → Amer. dial.
1967 ► a kitchen match, frequently mounted in a holder on the wall in a kitchen → MARRIED-MAN MATCH → Amer. dial.
1967 ► a match you can strike anywhere → RAT BURNER → Amer. dial.
1967 ► a match you can strike anywhere → RAT MATCH → Amer. dial.
1967 ► a wooden match → TIMBER MATCH → Amer. dial.
1970 ► a match; a light for a cigarette → FIRE → US sl. (Bk.)
1970 ► a wooden match that can be struck on any rough surface → PLANTATION MATCH → Amer. dial.
1970 ► a wooden match → SNAPPER → US sl.
2006 ► matches → CHAS → CHEZ → US students’ sl. (Bk.)
NOUNS, PERSON
1825 ► a woman who sells matches → SPUNK-WIFE → Sc. obs.
1828 ► a maker of matches → SPUNK-MAKER → Sc.
1839 ► a match-seller → SPUNK-FENCER → sl.
1843 ► a maker of matches → SPUNK-SPLITTER → Sc.
1866 ► a boy match-seller → SPUNK-LADDIE → Sc.
1872 ► a match-seller → SPUNK-SELLER → Sc.
1895 ► match sellers → SPUNK FAKERS → Aust. criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
20C ► a match-seller in the street → GLIMMER → police sl.
1901 ► a maker of matches → SPUNKMAN → Sc. obs.
VERBS
1641 ► to strike a match → SCART → Sc. & Eng. dial.
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