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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

Her son, Brian Arias Garay, went missing on Feb. 6, 2018, en route to his job as a vendor at a hot dog and hamburger stand.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

To some in Illinois, letting the storied team leave for Indiana might look like a sin worse than putting ketchup on a Chicago hot dog.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Someone having chest pains by the hot dog stand.

From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby




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