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matchbook

match·book

US/ˈmæˌtʃbʊk/ rare archaic

noun

1.

a small folder of paper safety matches

Origin

From match + book, since the 1890s. Paper matches were developed in the 1880s; folded books containing them, and the strike-on-cover concept, were developed in the 1890s; more in Wikipedia at matchbook.

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