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Hot-water bottle

noun

A stoppered receptacle (usually made of rubber) that is to be filled with hot water and used for warming a bed or parts of the body. Synonym: hot-water bag.

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"Hot-water bottle" Quotes from Famous Books

... held a hot-water bottle in her hand; she was on her way to the kitchen, but she stopped to speak to the children,—for at the sound of her voice Nora had opened the drawing-room doors, and Kathie, Paul, and Maedel had tumbled out into the hall in a body. "This ...

— We Ten - Or, The Story of the Roses • Lyda Farrington Kraus

... are warm, I'll let you sleep. That's right, let old Wolf Cub snuggle up against you. He's better than a hot-water bottle. Are you surprised to see ...

— Judith of the Godless Valley • Honore Willsie

... a small round table, knitting socks, her feet on a hot-water bottle. Her kind old rough and wrinkled face beamed upon us. She thrust her needles under the black lace cap she always wore, and drew them out ...

— Serge Panine • Georges Ohnet

Words linked to "Hot-water bottle" : receptacle, hot-water bag