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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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An explosion would have made a mess of them, and matchsticks of that tub.
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As there were not enough metre sticks to go round, l gave out matchsticks to represent the fences.
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Place two matchsticks in this gap. 5.
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She had a bun of hair at her nape from which stuck out carved hairpins, thinner than split matchsticks.
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The heads of these children were no larger than the heads of matchsticks.
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The temporary bridge was first of all submerged then, like a matchstick , it was lifted up and swept aside.
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There being no ink left in the pen, Pooley had pierced the points of his speculation through with defunct matchsticks.
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Woolley picked his teeth with a matchstick .