slow match

noun

: a match or fuse made so as to burn slowly and evenly and used for firing (as of blasting charges)

Examples of slow match in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web This was a slow match for the first half, as neither seemed to thrive in the environment. —

Aaron Oster, baltimoresun.com, 18 June 2018

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