[Ads-l] Antedating of "Smoking Hot"

[Shapiro, Fred]

smoking hot (OED 1947)

1945 The New Baton July 11/2 (RIPM Jazz Periodicals)

Anyhow, in 1929 Louis [Armstrong] had a full-size band of his own!  With his hot trumpet plus his smoking hot style of scat singing he was soon winning the nation's acclaim!

Fred Shapiro

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