1880. G. R. Sims, How the Poor Live, ch. x. The cry of Hottentots went round. ‘Hottentots’ is the playful way in this district of designating a stranger, that is to say, a stranger come from the West.
2. (common).—A fool. For synonyms, see Buffle and Cabbage-head.
Hot-tiger, subs. (Oxford Univ.).—Hot-spiced ale and sherry.—Hotten.
Hot-water. To be in hot-water, verb. phr. (colloquial).—To be in trouble, in difficulties, or worried.
1846. Punch’s Almanack, 29 Nov. The Times first printed by steam, 1814, and has kept the country in hot water ever since.
1864. Mark Lemon, Jest book, p. 238. Lord Allen, in conversation with Rogers, the poet, observed: ‘I never put my razor into hot water, as I find it injures the temper of the blade.’ ‘No doubt of it,’ replied Rogers; ‘show me the blade that is not out of temper when plunged into hot water.’
Hound, subs. (Cambridge Univ.).—1. See quot.
1879. E. Walford, in N. and Q., 5 S., xii., 88. In the Anecdotes of Bowyer … we are told that a hound of King’s College, Cambridge, is an undergraduate not on the foundation, nearly the same as a ‘sizar.’
2. (colloquial). A mean, contemptible fellow; a scoundrel; a filthy sneak.
Hounslow-heath, subs. (rhyming).—The teeth. For synonyms, see Grinders. Also Hampstead-heath.