# mini-matches

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-matches/787509>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [May 26, 2017, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-matches/787509 "2017-05-26T20:48:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2017, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-matches/787509/1 "2017-05-26T20:48:31Z")

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too trivial for GQ but inquiring minds want to know: there are paper matchbooks commonly used for lighting cigarettes, and there are full-sized wooden “kitchen” matches. Is there a name for the wooden matches that are smaller than kitchen matches, that typically come in a 1 7/16" x 2 1/16" box? I don’t know what to call this size.

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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2017, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-matches/787509/2 "2017-05-26T21:06:07Z")

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“Kitchenette matches”?

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**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2017, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-matches/787509/3 "2017-05-26T21:25:32Z")

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> [@panache45](#):
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> “Kitchenette matches”?

No, but that led me to try “small kitchen matches” which led me to the definitive name I was looking for: **penny matches** (though they seldom say that on the box). Thank you!

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**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2017, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-matches/787509/4 "2017-05-27T18:42:02Z")

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Just “matches” (just looked at the box I have here). It’s the big ones that are know as “long-reach matches”, or “fireplace matches”.

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**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2017, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-matches/787509/5 "2017-05-27T19:18:22Z")

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> [@panache45](#):
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> “Kitchenette matches”?

But then what kind of matches do I get for my small kitchen?

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**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2017, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-matches/787509/6 "2017-05-28T00:23:20Z")

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“Wooden match sticks”?

StG