bedwarmer

Miliband, therefore, will more likely be an active player, rather than a "bedwarmer" in the manner of his predecessor Margaret Beckett.

Archive 2007-06-01 Richard 2007

"Hear you got yourself a white bedwarmer from Manhattan," said Hooch.

He Don't Know Him 2010

When he becomes a bedwarmer for her, she considers that she has bought into a lot of what she has been told from any early age.

Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror: Servant of the Empire - Raymond Feist and Janny Wurts Blue Tyson 2007

Marieta was sent to mix a powder to help her mistress sleep, another maid to fetch the moine, the bedwarmer and frame, to take the chill from Isolde's sheets, a third to stoke the fire already burning in the grate.

Sepulchre Mosse, Kate 2007

I find that a heated bedwarmer and a microwaveable teddy bear go a long way to replace a missing husband.

Left Behind 2005

Tarma knew she'd be quite comfortable with one blanket and her cloak, and if that didn't suffice, Warrl made an excellent "bedwarmer."

Oathblood Lackey, Mercedes 1998

He was already in his bedroll, with Florian curled up at his back, taking the place of Altra as a living bedwarmer.

Storm Breaking Lackey, Mercedes 1996

He was already in his bedroll, with Florian curled up at his back, taking the place of Altra as a living bedwarmer.

Storm Breaking Lackey, Mercedes 1996

'How much will Sir Augustus pay to have you back as a bedwarmer?'

Sharpe's Enemy Cornwell, Bernard 1984

The story includes mention of some odder perks - such as a human bedwarmer offered at Holiday Inns in the United Kingdom, and the loaner goldfish program offered at Kimpton Hotels in the United States.

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