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matchbox

noun

  1. box, generally pocket-sized, for holding matches
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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: By genericization from the die-cast toy car brand Matchbox owned by Mattel, so-called due to the size of the toys to fix in matchboxes.

  1. Any small, die-cast toy car, usually a collectible.