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touchwood
/ ˈʌʃˌʊ /
noun
something, esp dry wood or fungus material such as amadou, used as tinder
Word History and Origins
Origin of touchwood1
Word History and Origins
Origin of touchwood1
Example Sentences
As he lifted his smouldering stick of touchwood and blew on it, he caught sight of me for the first time.
For an hour I laboured in the making of a torch, which I constructed of touchwood bound about by reeds.
I will tell you," replied the gipsy, striking a light with a flint and touchwood that he carried; "I will tell you; though you shall soon be able to satisfy yourself.
Its wooden tenements had caught, and blazed like touchwood.
Besides the two sorts of touchwood already mentioned, there is another kind of it in those parts, that I think is infinitely preferable to either.
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