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handwarmer

American  
[hand-wawr-mer] / ˈhændˌwɔr mər /

noun

  1. a small, flat, usually pocket-size device containing material, as chemicals, hot liquids, or a battery-operated heating element, for warming the hands.


Etymology

Origin of handwarmer

hand + warm + -er 1

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U.S. goalkeeper Matt Turner, who looked more like a cross-country skier than a soccer player, took the field with a quarterback-style handwarmer provided by the Minnesota Vikings.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 2, 2022

Along the sideline during the break, Bears assistant equipment manager Carl Piekarski was drying off the handwarmer Cutler wears around his waist.

From Chicago Tribune Nov. 12, 2012

All pieces will include varying levels of technical features including stormflaps, handwarmer pockets, waterproof zippers, removable powder skirts and hoods, Tricot and moisture wicking lining and pit-zips.

From Time Magazine Archive

Features include an oversized collar with tab for weather protection, covered button placket, upper handwarmer pockets, six pocket front, internal security pocket, back stowage pocket, rib knit cuffs, and dual entry pockets.

From Time Magazine Archive

The priest slid back what had appeared to me a dead wall, and we found a very old priest half-asleep over his charcoal handwarmer.

From From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel by Kipling, Rudyard

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