"hot dog" article, 1913; catfish/cat

[Douglas G. Wilson]

>>>---"'Hot cat' stand"--what exactly is this?
>>
>>Presumably a catfish stand (altered for humor). If the catfish stand is
>>unfamiliar, one can find several instances by the usual Googling.
>
>... But there's no need to assume that "catfish" was humorously altered to
>"cat." "Cat" can mean "catfish"; ....

Yes, "cat" can be used for "catfish", although I think usually with a
qualifier (e.g., "channel cat") ... would "hot" suffice as such a
qualifier? I don't know, but it's my speculation that the usual term was
"catfish stand" and not "[hot] cat stand".

-- Doug Wilson