WordNet
n. a paper match that strikes only on a specially prepared surface [syn: safety match]
Usage examples of "book matches".
There were two cartons of paper book matches and at least two dozen boxes of Diamond Blue Tips, neatly stacked up.
I picked up the package of cigarettes and a folder of book matches and then noticed the bloody razor blade on the floor.
Before she gave up smoking, that's what the book matches would say.
In the pockets he found cigarettes, book matches, two Chinese cash coins with square holes in their middles, an English shilling coin, a cigar.
As one of nature's great skinflints, I am much taken with all the free stuff in America-free parking, free book matches, free refills of coffee and soft drinks, free basket of candy by the cash register in restaurants and cafes.