Three hots and a cot (1969)

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   The CASSELL DICTIONARY OF SLANG has "1970s" for "three hots and a cot," meaning "three meals a day plus a bed for the night (cf. THREE SQUARES)."
   Not to be confused with three hot men/women and a cot.  That just wouldn't work on a cot.


DELINQUENT BOYS LEARN AT CAMPS
       By JOAN LEE FAUST Special to The New York Times.       New York Times  (1857-Current file).       New York, N.Y.: Sep 28, 1969.                   p. 51 (1 page):
   For a day's work, each youth is paid 50 cents plus earning his room and board, or "three hots and a cot," as one youth described it.