matchflare

noun

matchflare

noun

Etymology From match + flare.

1

The flaring of a lit match.

I am a matchflare / you are another / Together / for an instant / we pierce the surrounding / dark1979, Irving Layton, Droppings from Heaven:
In the next matchflare I saw names carved into a dry section over my head: Vivian, David, Robert, Mel.2000, Anthony Lawrence, In the Half Light:

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