warmer-upper

warmer-upper
/wawr"meuhr up"euhr/, n. Informal.
1. something that provides one with invigorating warmth: Hot soup is a good warmer-upper after skiing.
2. something that serves to warm up an audience or group of participants before a main event: Radio stations played martial music as a warmer-upper before the prime minister's speech.
[1940-45; warm up + -ER1, applied pleonastically to both v. and particle]

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