bamboo wife

English
a bamboo wife

Etymology

Calque of Chinese 竹夫人 (zhúfūrén).

Noun

bamboo wife (plural bamboo wives)

  1. In East Asia and Southeast Asia, a hollow bamboo bolster roughly the size of a human body, embraced by a person while sleeping during hot weather because its open structure exposes the body to cooling air flow.

Synonyms

Translations
bamboo tube for use in bed — see Dutch wife

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