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Pocket-sized fire you'll happily lend but never get back.
means Small handheld devices that produce a flame on demand, fueled by butane or lighter fluid and sparked by flint or piezo.
from Older than the matches it replaced — early 1800s chemists rigged a 'Dobereiner's lamp' using hydrogen and platinum, long before convenient pocket versions arrived.
Match ironyLighters predate the friction match by decades.
Zippo proofSurvives WWII shrapnel; repaired free for life.
Vanishing actMost lent lighters never return to owner.