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hot-water bag

[hot-waw-ter, -wot-er]
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noun
  1. a bag, usually of rubber, for holding hot water to apply warmth to some part of the body, as the feet.
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Also called hot-water bottle.
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Historical Examples

  • Hot-water-bottle time had scarcely come yet, but hospitality might refer to it.

    When Ghost Meets Ghost

    William Frend De Morgan

  • I held my peace at the time, but I asked Cécile a little later to bring me that hot-water-bottle.

British Dictionary definitions for hot-water bottle

hot-water bottle

noun
  1. a receptacle, now usually made of rubber, designed to be filled with hot water, used for warming a bed or parts of the body
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