hot-water bottle
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Not just any hot-water bottle will do, though.
From Slate ● Dec. 29, 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
Now, Nora wears clogs and sleeps with a fake-fur-covered hot-water bottle.
From Seattle Times ● May 8, 2013
“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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