foot warmer
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noun
any of various devices, as a small stove, for keeping one's feet warm.
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Origin of foot warmer
First recorded in 1805–15
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Historical Examples of foot warmer
I've ordered the limousine round, with the foot-warmer and fur rugs.
T. TembaromFrances Hodgson Burnett
You have come to carry off my milking-bucket and foot-warmer.
Tales and Legends of the TyrolA. von Gnther
Here the most we get is a foot-warmer, and must needs shiver!
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On the window-sill is a flower-pot; in front, on the floor, a foot-warmer.
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Her hands are clasped at her waist, and her feet rest on a foot-warmer.
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