"Hot dog" (1871)

Douglas G. Wilson douglas at NB.NET
Sat Oct 18 04:55:33 UTC 2003


 From "Brooklyn Daily Eagle" 31:6 (9 Jan. 1871), p. 1, col. 9:

<<What's the difference between a chilly man and a hot dog? One wears a
great coat and the other pants.>>

(Compare in HDAS: [hot dog n. 1.] 1897 in _CoE_ (Nov. 1995) 18: "Brown's a
hot dog, isn't he?" "Yes, he has so many pants.")

-- Doug Wilson



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