foot warmer

any of various devices, as a small stove, for keeping one's feet warm.

QUIZZES

Test your memory on these verbal firecrackers from the week of June 29 to July 5!

Question 1 of 7

anchorite

First recorded in 1805–15

Here the most we get is a foot-warmer, and must needs shiver!
The Truth About America|Edward Money
Seems to me theres a bit of a fog, said Mre Thomas; it smells like something burning; be any of you sitting on a foot-warmer?
The Milkmaid of Montfermeil (Novels of Paul de Kock Volume XX)|Charles Paul de Kock
"Give me my foot-warmer, my purse and my gloves; and be quick about it," she said.
A Simple Soul|Gustave Flaubert
But a cheerful comrade is better than a waterproof coat and a foot-warmer.
Fisherman's Luck|Henry van Dyke

In the centre a lady dressed in green silk is playing the guitar, with her foot on a foot-warmer.
The Standard Galleries - Holland|Esther Singleton