Is it a match holder?

Hi, picked up this tin item for a buck thinking it was a wooden match dispenser with a strike strip on the side. But I loaded it up but it didn't 'work' very well. The matches would break in half when trying to pull them out.
The top slides down as the contents are depleted.
Love to read your thoughts!

 

It looks like it ought to be but the bottom doesn't stick out enough for a match to get through. This is. more like what my mother had in the kitchen

 

Bev..... isn't that for toothpicks ........toothpick dispenser.......

 

https://beforetimes.shop/vintage-ho...oden-match-box-holder-safe-flowers-bee-print/
Vintage Shabby Tin Wall Mount Wooden Match Box Holder Safe Flowers & Bee Print

 

Don't think so.
Hole on side would be used to lift the box out, but also to strike the match on the box

 

Or is it used to lift something up at the end, when the usable contents are depleted?
Thing on the side looks like something to be used to cut thread (thread going up through the gap and then pulled down in that trangle shape)

 

what size is the darn thing????

 

If these parts

are intended to be a bit open, could this have been used as cigarette rolling paper dispenser?

 

it looks like the finger opening is meant to pull out something large flat and thin.....

????

 

The box measures 8" x 6" x 1.5" deep (Cited from: https://www.antiquers.com/threads/is-it-a-match-holder.88656/)

 

Just a WAG - you load it with pre cut paper and hang it by your telephone on the wall. A pencil goes in the long holder on the right. Then you just pull out a piece of paper and write a message with the pencil? LOL! WDIK.......