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noun
Synonym of phosphorus match, a strike-anywhere friction match.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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Synonyms: phosphorus match
Antonyms: none provided
History
From German Congreve, after William Congreve, British rocket pioneer and administrator of the Imperial Continental Gas Association during the 1820s.
