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
I went into the bath-room, filled a hot-water bag, and got out an extra down-comforter.
From The Fifth Wheel A Novel by Prouty, Olive Higgins
She came into my room one night when I had the tooth-ache, and brought a spice poultice and a hot-water bag.
From The Little Colonel's Hero by Johnston, Annie F. (Annie Fellows)
She tried the application of a hot-water bag, and the tooth ached harder; she tried a cold compress, and it jumped with renewed activity.
From Aunt Jane's Nieces at Work by Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank)
That night he went home with her to Johnson's side door, carrying the sachet and the hot-water bag and the things his mother had given her.
From The Combined Maze by Sinclair, May
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