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Meanings of strike a lucifer in English

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Usage of strike a lucifer in English
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I struck a lucifer match and held it to the boy's face.
A Hero of Our Time
2
The old man struck a lucifer match and lit the gas.
Despair's Last Journey
3
Though Nataly's mention of the aristocracy of self-denying discipline struck a Lucifer in his darkness.
One of Our Conquerors — Volume 5
4
She struck a lucifer, lighted her candle, and sat down with the newspaper in her hand.
Henry Dunbar: A Novel
5
Crawley saw a sudden spark upon the ground; it was brutus striking a lucifer match against his heel.
It Is Never Too Late to Mend
6
The floor of the bush glimmered with dead wood, the way the match-box used to shine after you had struck a lucifer.
Island Nights' Entertainments