Tinder-box

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of tinderbox. alt-of, alternative

    "The rain had washed away all possibility of distinguishing foot-marks, but a close investigation of the spot had disclosed, in the direction opposite to the village, a tinder-box, with a flint and steel, half sunk in the mud."

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cartoncasecompactfilepowder kegpowder magazine

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"For me, you shall bring nothing but an old tinder-box which my grandmother forgot last time she was down there."

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