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hot dog noun- a frankfurter or other spiced sausage served in a bread-roll US, 1894
The term arose at Yale University in 1894 and was quickly embraced by students at other colleges. Past suggestions that the term arose at New York’s Polo Grounds have been disproved by US slang lexicographers Barry Popik and Gerald Cohen. - a skilled and cocky person defined as much by their cockiness as their skill US, 1894
- Jessie Luker is a hot dog from Alcorn A&M who’s got hands on him like snowshoes. — Dan Jenkins, Semi-Tough, p. 92, 1972
- You might be more of a team player and a little less of a hot dog on this one, Jack. — 48 Hours, 1982
- [T]his pilot was a hot dog, and good. — Joseph Wambaugh, Lines and Shadows, p. 321, 1984
- a police officer US
- While kids in Northwest refer to police as “one-time,” Northeast teenagers call them “bo-deen” or “hot dog,” and in Southeast they’re “po-pos” or good old “feds.” — Washington Post, p. A1, 20 August 2001
- a pornographic book or magazine US
- — Paul Glover, Words from the House of the Dead, 1974
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