first use appears c. 1530, in the writings of John Palsgrave. <span class="searchmatch">tinderbox</span> (plural <span class="searchmatch">tinderboxes</span>) (historical) A small container containing flint, steel, and...
See also: tinder-boxes <span class="searchmatch">tinderboxes</span> plural of <span class="searchmatch">tinderbox</span>...
See also: <span class="searchmatch">tinderbox</span> and tinder-box tinder box Alternative form of <span class="searchmatch">tinderbox</span>...
the Pig and <span class="searchmatch">Tinderbox</span> (UK, slang, obsolete, humorous) The Elephant and Castle. Pig and Tinder-box John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary...
Compare to Kyrgyz оттук (ottuk, “<span class="searchmatch">tinderbox</span>”) and Yakut оттук (ottuk, “fuel”). отык • (otïk) <span class="searchmatch">tinderbox</span> N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), “отык”...
/ˈtulusˌkiʋi/, [ˈt̪ulus̠ˌk̟iʋi] Rhymes: -iʋi Syllabification(key): tu‧lus‧ki‧vi Hyphenation(key): tulus‧kivi tuluskivi flint stone (as part of a <span class="searchmatch">tinderbox</span>)...
IPA(key): /ˈtɔn.dəlˌdoːs/ Hyphenation: ton‧del‧doos tondeldoos f (plural tondeldozen, diminutive tondeldoosje n) <span class="searchmatch">tinderbox</span> (container and fire-making tool)...
piece of high-carbon steel used for striking a spark, usually kept in a <span class="searchmatch">tinderbox</span> with flint and tinder. firesteel piece of steel used for striking a spark...
“henceforth”) Compare to Southern Altai отык (otïk, “<span class="searchmatch">tinderbox</span>”), etc. оттук • (ottuk) (Arabic spelling وتتۇق) <span class="searchmatch">tinderbox</span> From от (ot, “grass”). оттук • (ottuk) (agriculture)...
See also: <span class="searchmatch">tinderbox</span> and tinder box tinder-box (plural tinder-boxes) Alternative form of <span class="searchmatch">tinderbox</span> 1861, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], chapter...