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- noun A
bag filled withice ; used to cool a part of the body, for example to reduceswelling .
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Examples
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` ` It was when I was going up for a shot, '' Richardson said, while keeping a large icebag on his ailing ankle.
USATODAY.com 2008
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He played 15 minutes and finished the contest with an icebag on his hand.
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THE BODY OFULYSSESMAXWELL lay motionless on its bunk in the county jail on Natividad Road, an icebag balanced on its forehead.
The Girls He Adored Jonathan Nasaw 2001
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THE BODY OFULYSSESMAXWELL lay motionless on its bunk in the county jail on Natividad Road, an icebag balanced on its forehead.
The Girls He Adored Jonathan Nasaw 2001
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THE BODY OFULYSSESMAXWELL lay motionless on its bunk in the county jail on Natividad Road, an icebag balanced on its forehead.
The Girls He Adored Jonathan Nasaw 2001
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In cases of very severe sickness, swallowing small scraps of ice before and after a spoonful of _consommé_ or jelly is desirable, and an icebag should be applied to the spine.
The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII, No. 355, October 16, 1886 Various
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Mother wasn't handy, Aunty May had the icebag on her head, and there wasn't anyone else within reach.
Torchy Sewell Ford 1907
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Féré found that the application of a mustard plaster to the skin, or an icebag, or a hot-water bottle, or even a light touch with a painter's brush, all exerted a powerful effect in increasing muscular work with the ergograph.
Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 4 Sexual Selection In Man Havelock Ellis 1899
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Rippon, third heading into today's free skate, was all trussed up in tensor bandages and icebag after the short, with a hockey-style bruise beneath his left eye, courtesy of the collision.
Thestar.com - Home Page Rosie DiManno 2010
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Rippon, third heading into today's free skate, was all trussed up in tensor bandages and icebag after the short, with a hockey-style bruise beneath his left eye, courtesy of the collision.
Thestar.com - Home Page Rosie DiManno 2010
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