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hot dog

[hot dawg, hot dawg] / ˈhɒt ˌdɔg, ˈhɒt ˈdɔg /


NOUN
skilled surfer or skiier
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The only glimpse the audience had of "the Pope" was an arm reaching out from behind a dressing room door labelled "Pope Leo XIV" and throwing away a hot dog.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

“I’m dressed up as a hot dog, and I love it.”

From Barron's • May 4, 2026

“I remember specifically being there, memories of the nail salon chemicals. There was a record shop and a hot dog on a stick,” says Mercado of the mall, which opened in 1977.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

He wrote about everything from the National Football League and Major League Baseball to short-track car racing, lacrosse and competitive hot dog eating.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

This was an order, and basically the price of admission, as she was holding the hot dog roasting sticks behind her back as she spoke.

From "The Season of Styx Malone" by Kekla Magoon




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