An early "hot dog"/non-college(1897)

[Fred Shapiro]

On Fri, 24 Oct 2003, Sam Clements wrote:

> Ancestry strikes again.  Barry, of course, has dibs on the origin of "hot
> dog" from college slang in 1895.
>
> But I found a non-college(I think) cite from the Middletown(NY) Daily Argus,
> May 27, 1897.  page (not readable), col. 4.

When I search ProQuest I get the following:

1896 _Wash. Post_ 13 Feb. 6  One thousand Sioux warriors met at Pine
Ridge and over a large number of cold bottles and hot dogs discussed their
alleged grievances.

Fred Shapiro


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