Unscramble

m 3 a 1 t 1 c 3 h 4 b 3 o 1 o 1 k 5

9 letters · 22 points in Scrabble

Meaning

noun a small folder of paper safety matches

originFrom match + book, since the 1890s. Paper matches were developed in the 1880s; folded books containing them, and the strike-on-cover concept, were developed in the 1890s; more in Wikipedia at matchbook.

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