1841. Punch, vol. I., p. 244. ‘Oh blow your physiology!’ says Rapp. ‘You mean to say you’ve got a hot copper—so have I. Send for the precious balm and then fire away.’
1849. Thackeray, Pendennis, ch. xliii. ‘Nothing like that beer,’ he remarked, ‘when the coppers are hot.’
1864. Comic Almanack, p. 63. ‘Cold Cream Internally.’ Cold cream is an excellent remedy for hot coppers. [[364]]
1892. Hume Nisbet, Bushranger’s Sweetheart, p. 134. He came … as happy-looking, and lively as if no such thing as hot coppers existed.
Hotel (also Cupid’s Hotel and Cupid’s Arms).—subs. (venery).—The female pudendum. Cf., Cock Inn. For synonyms, see Monosyllable.
Hotel Barbering, subs. (common).—Bilking.
1892. Daily Chronicle, 28 Mar., p. 5, c. 7. The inference is now fairly admissable that he may possibly have divided his time between polygamous pursuits and hotel barbering exploits.
Hotel Warming-pan, subs. phr. (common).—A chambermaid. Also warming-pan (q.v.). Fr., une limogère.
Hot-flannel (or Flannel), subs. (old).—Gin and beer, with nutmeg, sugar, etc., made hot.
1789. Geo. Parker, Life’s Painter, p. 144. A mixed kind of liquor … when drank in a morning it is called flannel.