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quick match

noun quick matches · quickmatch

A pyrotechnic fuse consisting of a cotton string, coated with black powder, confined in a paper tube. Cast off all the covers of the fire barrels, and hang the quick match loose over their sides, and place leaders of quick match from the reeds into the barrels, and from thence into the vent of the chambers, [..]
An unranked match in a format that is more casual compared to the game's skirmish and competitive modes. Hi, Whenever I try to play a quickmatch, I always find that someone leaves the game basically as soon as the game has started. This pi**es me off, wondered if anyone else was having the same prob.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see quick, match.

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noun fuse

Deutsch	gedeckte Stoppine

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@misc{quick_match_2026,
  title = {quick match},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/quick%20match},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}