hot-water bag
Americannoun
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Inventions for which patents have recently been granted by the U. S. Patent Office: > A hot-water bag equipped with projecting fins to prevent burns.
From Time Magazine Archive
After enduring the misery for three nights, she boldly went to Mrs. Morrison and begged permission to be taken to Whitecliffe to buy an india-rubber hot-water bag, which she could herself fill in the bath-room.
From A Patriotic Schoolgirl by Salmon, Balliol
A hot-water bag for her feet, warm bandages laid on her head, some soothing medicine which she always took, and Hetty and I at last left grandmamma more comfortable than we found her.
From Holiday Stories for Young People by Sangster, Margaret Elizabeth
About his wasted legs was wrapped a carriage robe, and she knew that there was a hot-water bag under his feet.
From The Conflict by Phillips, David Graham
They can easily be warmed with a hot-water bag, flat-iron, or soapstone.
From How to Live Rules for Healthful Living Based on Modern Science by Fisher, Irving
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