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matchbox Noun a small box for holding matches
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To my exceeding joy he stamped his little foot, and was so naughty that, in gratitude, I gave him five minutes with a matchbox. He was about to throw away the matchbox too, but checked the movement of his hand and put the box in his pocket instead. "My dear Dorian," answered Lord Henry, taking a cigarette from his case and producing a gold-latten matchbox, "the only way a woman can ever reform a man is by boring him so completely that he loses all possible interest in life. |
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matchbox - a box for holding matches