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match⋅stick

[mach-stik]
–noun
1. a short, slender piece of flammable wood used in making matches.
2. something that suggests a matchstick, as in thinness or fragility.

Origin:
1785–95; match 1 + stick 1
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match·stick   (māch'stĭk')   
n.  
  1. A short slender piece of wood from which a match is made.

  2. Something similar to a matchstick, as in slenderness or strength.

adj.  Short, narrow, and slender: matchstick arms; matchstick slices of potato.
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