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