| 单词 | hot-sheet |
| 释义 | > as lemmashot-sheet hot-sheet n. slang (originally and chiefly U.S.) (a) Police slang a list of stolen items (cf. hot list n. 3); (also) a list of people wanted by the police; (b) attributive designating or relating to a hotel which rents out rooms for short periods, and is often used for prostitution, meetings between lovers, etc.; cf. hot-bed hotel at hotbed n. 3. ΚΠ 1932 Los Angeles Times 3 Mar. ii. 12/1 The automobile was on the police ‘hot sheet’ and bore license plates..that had been taken from a machine in San Diego. 1952 J. Lait & L. Mortimer U.S.A. Confidential i. iv. 42 There are motels that do not go in for the hot sheet trade, but most do... If you drive up with a cutie and no baggage you are welcome—if you get out in an hour or two. 1968 C. Gentry Last Days Great State Calif. 189 There were some people who not only had never in their lives been to a hot-sheet motel but were horrified by the mere idea of such places. 1974 R. L. Hill Nails xii. 129 They had both been behind pipes in the States for stuff like assault, but they were not on the hotsheet lately. 2005 D. McWilliams Pope's Children iv. 46 A highly profitable ‘hot sheet’ hotel, a glorified knocking shop where rooms rent by the hour. < as lemmas |
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