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Lucifers (1833)

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An improvement on the Congreves and Prometheans. Phosphorus was introduced into the paste; but phosphorus made the matches so sensitive that the whole box often ignited, children were killed by sucking the matches, and at Boulogne two soldiers and a woman were poisoned by drinking coffee in which a child had put a “lucifer.” The manufacture of these matches was also very deleterious, producing “jaw disease.” (See Prometheans, Safety Macthes.)

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Lubber’s Hole
Lubberkin or Lubrican. (Irish, Lobaircin or Leprechaun.)
Lubins
Lucasian Professor
Lucasta
Luce
Luce
Lucia di Lammermoor
Lucian
Lucifer
Lucifers (1833)
Lucifera [Pride]
Luciferians
Lucinian
Lucius
Luck
Luck for Fools
Luck in Odd Numbers
Luck of Eden Hall (The)
Luck or Lucky Penny
Lucky

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