hot-water bottle
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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A warm bath or shower, or a hot-water bottle can be helpful, as can heated patches and creams to relieve muscle pain.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 16, 2019
Each time, I tell them the same thing: Get a hot-water bottle.
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
“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
I kept the fire going and changed the hot-water bottle every hour, putting it next to his feet.
From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien
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