1858. A. Mayhew, Paved with Gold, bk. III., ch. iii., p. 269. A jug of what he termed hot flannel for three—a mixture of gin, beer, and eggs.
Hot-house, subs. (old).—A brothel. Also (see quot. 1616), a public bath. For synonyms, see Nanny-shop.
1596. Nashe, Have with You to Saffron Walden (Grosart, iii., 106). Any hot-house or bawdy-house of them all.
1599. Jonson, Every Man out of His Humour, iv., 4. Let a man sweat once a week in a hot-house, and be well rubbed and froted with a plump juicy wench and clean linen.
1603. Shakspeare, Measure for Measure, ii., 1. Now she professes a hot-house, which is a very ill house too.
1606. The Return from Parnassus, i., 2 (Dodsley, Old Plays, 4th ed., 1875, ix., 115). He cannot swagger it well in a tavern, nor domineer in a hot-house.
1616. Jonson, Epigrams, ‘On the New Hot-house.’ Where lately harboured many a famous whore, A purging bill now fixed upon the door Tells you it is a hot-house: So it may, And still be a whore-house. They’re synonyma.
1699. Garth, The Dispensary, ii., line 157. A hot-house he prefers to Julia’s arms.
Hot Meat (or Beef or Mutton), subs. phr. (venery).—See Bit.
Hot-member (or Hot ’un).—See Warm Member.