Hot coppers, the feverish sensations experienced in the morning by those who have been drunk over-night.
Hot tiger, an Oxford mixture of hot-spiced ale and sherry.
House of Commons, a humorous term for the closet of decency.
Houses; “safe as HOUSES,” an expression to satisfy a doubting person; “Oh! it’s as safe as HOUSES,” i.e., perfectly safe, apparently in allusion to the paying character of house property as an investment. It is said the phrase originated when the railway bubbles began to burst, and when people began to turn their attention to the more ancient forms of speculation, which though slow were sure.
Housewarming, the first friendly gathering in a new or freshly-occupied house.
How-came-you-so? intoxicated.
How much? A facetious way of asking for an explanation of any difficult or pedantic expression. “Why don’t you cook your potatoes in an anhydrohepsaterion?” A waggish listener might be excused for asking, “An anhydro—HOW MUCH!”
How’s your poor feet? an idiotic street cry with no meaning, much in vogue a few years back.
Hoxter, an inside pocket.—Old English, OXTER. Probably the low slang word HUXTER, money, is derived from this. Oxter is, among the Irish, an armpit.
Hubble bubble, the Indian pipe termed a hookah is thus designated, from the noise it makes when being smoked.