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bedwarmer
[ bed-wawr-mer ]
noun
- a long-handled, covered pan containing hot coals, used for warming beds.
bedwarmer
/ ˈɛˌɔːə /
noun
- a metal pan containing hot coals, formerly used to warm a bed
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Origin of bedwarmer1
First recorded in 1920–25; bed + warmer ( def )
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Alec Beanse is still using a Belling bedwarmer - a device consisting of two shallow metal domes joined together, heated by a 40-watt light bulb.
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The man had recently taken to wife a freedwoman who had been the noble’s bedwarmer before the city fell.
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It was not unknown for a widowed lord to keep a common girl as bedwarmer... but Lord Tytos soon began seating the woman beside him in the hall, showering her with gifts and honors, even asking her views on matters of state.
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