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warmer-upper
[ wawr-mer-uhp-er ]
noun
, Informal.
- something that provides one with invigorating warmth:
Hot soup is a good warmer-upper after skiing.
- something that serves to warm up an audience or group of participants before a main event:
Radio stations played martial music as a warmer-upper before the prime minister's speech.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of warmer-upper1
1940–45; warm up + -er 1, applied pleonastically to both v. and particle
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