"matchstalk" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1891, T. R. Allinson, “No more death”, in Medical Essays, volume III, London: F. Pitman, page 9:",
          "text": "A few years ago match-makers had to dip their matchstalks into liquid phosphorus.",
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        {
          "ref": "1920, Hobbies Catalogue, Toronto: Hobbies Ltd, page 10:",
          "text": "By an ingenious but simple mechanism inside, the sliding floor can be released merely by pressing a matchstalk into one of the holes at one end, [...]",
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          "ref": "1945, Captain W. E. Johns, Biggles in the Orient, London: Armada Books, published 1963, page 23:",
          "text": "Again silence fell. Biggles chewed a matchstalk reflectively.",
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          "ref": "1977, Michael Coleman and Brian Burke (lyrics and music), “Matchstalk Men and Matchstalk Cats and Dogs (Lowry's Song)”, performed by Brian and Michael:",
          "text": "And he painted matchstalk men and matchstalk cats and dogs",
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          "ref": "[2013, Louise Cohen, “Lowry painted my life, so I sang about his”, in Tate:",
          "text": "They used ‘matchstalk’ rather than stick, both because it’s the local pronunciation and because it sounds softer in the song, Parrott explained.",
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        "Rare form of matchstick."
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          "ref": "1891, T. R. Allinson, “No more death”, in Medical Essays, volume III, London: F. Pitman, page 9:",
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          "ref": "1920, Hobbies Catalogue, Toronto: Hobbies Ltd, page 10:",
          "text": "By an ingenious but simple mechanism inside, the sliding floor can be released merely by pressing a matchstalk into one of the holes at one end, [...]",
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        },
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          "ref": "1945, Captain W. E. Johns, Biggles in the Orient, London: Armada Books, published 1963, page 23:",
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          "ref": "1977, Michael Coleman and Brian Burke (lyrics and music), “Matchstalk Men and Matchstalk Cats and Dogs (Lowry's Song)”, performed by Brian and Michael:",
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