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
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)
At other times the patient may lie on a hot-water bag.
From The Home Medical Library, Volume II (of VI) by Winslow, Kenelm
The pillows were piled high; one hot-water bag was slipped under that aching spot at the back of her neck, and another placed at her chilly feet.
From The Preliminaries And Other Stories by Comer, Cornelia A. P.
How she ever made good in pictures I don't know, and her face like a hot-water bag for expression.
From Gigolo by Ferber, Edna
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