foot warmer
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of foot warmer
First recorded in 1805–15
Example Sentences
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Once he listened to a group of his managers present a convincing argument, buttressed with statistics, that first-year production of a new foot warmer should be 50,000.
From Time Magazine Archive
If a copper lid were used as a foot warmer, it would give the feet only.095 as much heat as an equal weight of water; a lead weight only.031 as much heat as water.
From General Science by Clark, Bertha M.
Heaven help him among such a horde of cruel hearts; I must at any risk go down and get a foot warmer.
From A Romance of Toronto A Novel by Savigny, Annie Gregg
It was a full-grown brick covered with felt, a foot warmer.
From The Shepherd of the North by Maher, Richard Aumerle
He placed a little pan over a foot warmer full of hot coals.
From Adventures of Pinocchio by Della Chiesa, Carol
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