And then one of them must have come back that night or another, because I woke up in the small hours with a hot-water bottle under my feet.

NEWYORKER: Wakefield

Ivory Coast international Drogba had been spotted with a hot-water bottle as he watched from the dugout during the opening half but it did not take him long to get warmed-up.

BBC: Blackburn 3-3 Chelsea

When guests climb into bed, they find a flannel-covered hot water bottle tucked between the sheets, even in summer.

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