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Kruikenmoeder voor negen kruiken. — A kruikenmoeder for nine water bottles.Kruikenmoeder in een verlaten klooster in Nijmegen. — A kruikenmoeder in an abandoned monastery in Nijmegen.
Etymology
Compound of kruik(“hot water bottle, jar, crock”) + -en- + moeder(“mother”).
1927 March 2, "Wetenschap. Het ,,ziekendorp’’ te Leiden. De Kinderkliniek in gebruik genomen", De Maasbode, No. 21107, evening edition, part 3, page 2.
Voorts zijn daar de drie ziekenzaaltjes, ook met glazen wanden, terwijl in de gang zich twee melkkeukens bevinden, waarin zich ook een kruikenmoeder bevindt, waar de warme kruiken op temperatuur worden gebracht.
In addition there are the three infirmaries, also with glass walls, while two milk kitchens are located in the corridor, where also a heating unit for hot water bottles is located, where the hot water bottles are heated.
