hot-water bottle
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Not just any hot-water bottle will do, though.
From Slate • Dec. 29, 2018
A hot-water bottle applied to my capsaicin patch inflicted the perceptual equivalent of a third-degree burn, after which a cooling pack placed on the same spot brought tear-inducing relief.
From The New Yorker • Jun. 25, 2018
When I get home, Mum makes me tea and gives me a hot-water bottle.
From The Guardian • Mar. 10, 2017
“It was so cold that Peter put a hot-water bottle on his belly and another one on his back, and my mother wore her fur coat.”
From Architectural Digest • Aug. 4, 2015
“A doctor, for a child’s tummy ache? Nonsense. Some castor oil and a hot-water bottle will do just fine.”
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
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