# das Streichbein

das Streichbein is a German noun meaning “folding-bone”. Forms: des Streichbeines, die Streichbeine.

## Forms

- Genitive: des Streichbeines
- Plural: die Streichbeine

## Meanings

1. folding-bone, folding-stick, bone folder
2. _archaic_ match to make fire
   - Es war Thomas’ Art, eine Zigarette aus der Tasche zu ziehen, ehe er sein Urteil abgab. „Gebt mir mal ein Streichbein“, sagte er dann und ließ sich in dem tiefsten Sessel nieder. — It was Thomas’ wont to pull out a fag out of his pocket before exerting his judgment. “Give me a match, would you”, he said under such circumstances and lowered himself in the deepest of the armchairs.

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