| 释义 |
three hots and a cot
noun
room and board US
From the sense of HOTJes leave me what I got, three hots and a cot. — Seth Morgan, Homeboy, p. 311, 1930 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. — New York Times, p. 51, 28 September 1969 Such as this: a grand a week cash and three hots and cot at a Beverly Hills mansion, all legit. — James Ellroy, Hollywood Nocturnes, p. 243, 1994 Three Hots and a Cot? Not! [Headline] American Civil Liberties Union. — ACLU News Wire, 13 August 1996 To the outside, it appears that all is provided for the needs of inmates of penal institutions. “Three hots and a cot.” — J.G. Narum, The Convict Cookbook, p. 10, 2004 |