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Meanings of matchbook in English

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Usage of matchbook in English
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Had someone else written on the matchbook and given it to Raven?
Hide and Seek
2
Gotha produced a matchbook that had Zephyr Hardware Feeds across the front.
Boy’s Life
3
Then I set the whole matchbook on fire, just like I'd been taught.
Wiseguy
4
The matchbook was damp with sweat, and it took four swipes to flame.
The marrowbone marble company
5
Merchari reached as if to take the matchbook, then seized the man's wrist.
Sympathy for the devil
6
He found a single stubby candle and a matchbook and lit the wick.
Stinger
7
He reached over to the ashtray and picked up the matchbook.
Misery
8
He turned the matchbook over in his hand, thumbing soft cardboard.
In the Tall Grass
9
She sketched the inside of my ear on the back of a matchbook.
Pinball, 1973
10
A plastic box smaller than a matchbook fell out and landed between his feet.
Deadly promises
11
The only interesting item she found was a discarded matchbook at the bottom step.
The missing
12
The flame grew, and he saw that the matchbook advertised the Bob Wire Club.
Stinger
13
He took out a matchbook and scribbled on the back.
For the love of mike
14
I scribbled it down on a matchbook from the disco.
The Elephant Vanishes
15
Time for another look, especially now that the matchbook had turned out to be important.
The arms maker of berlin
16
I guess I'll call everybody in, Marlene said, fiddling with the matchbook in her palm.
Losing charlotte
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