What does lucifer mean?
Lucifer means Ellipsis of lucifer match, sulfur or phosphorus friction matches..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
Ellipsis of lucifer match, sulfur or phosphorus friction matches..
The invention of the Lucifer Match has brought with it many dangers. In one year, in London, there were published thirty-nine accounts of serious conflagrations through children playing with lucifers, the igniting of the matches, and the careless use of them... To guard against the recurrence of these sad results has been invented "the Safety Match," or a match which cannot ignite by friction with ordinary substances...
While you’ve a lucifer to light your fag, Smile, boys, that’s the style
In the era of Twain and Grant cigar-smoking paraphernalia consisted mainly of a cigar cutter; the cigar itself was lit with a lucifer (safety match).
Use lucifer when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Lucifer means Ellipsis of lucifer match, sulfur or phosphorus friction matches..
Common synonyms include match, friction match, beelzebub, devil.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The invention of the Lucifer Match has brought with it many dangers. In one year, in London, there were published thirty-nine accounts of serious conflagrations through children playing with lucifers, the igniting of the matches, and the careless use of them... To guard against the recurrence of these sad results has been invented "the Safety Match," or a match which cannot ignite by friction with ordinary substances...
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