1897 B. 6 88 Hots: cry of the street vender of hot tomales, tenderloins, wienerwursts, etc.
1906 13 Oct. 3/2 Dis beats a cold handout. Three hots a day for me.
1951 W. Motley iv. xviii. 248 In the army I got my three hots a day.
1971 I. Faust xi. 57 But as long as we had three hots and a flop, who cared?
2001 (Nexis) 14 Dec. 1 That's three hots a day for 325,000 inmates.