hot-water bottle
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Moir says she has experimented with taking a hot-water bottle swimming.
From The Guardian • Sep. 30, 2020
Not just any hot-water bottle will do, though.
From Slate • Dec. 29, 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
Now, Nora wears clogs and sleeps with a fake-fur-covered hot-water bottle.
From Seattle Times • May 8, 2013
Sarah put him on the couch with a hot-water bottle, where he took two aspirins and fell asleep.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
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