Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hot-doggery

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hot--dog-gery
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of hot doggery.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The lake country is a holiday paradise. All the water sports are practiced. Life is lively without being raucous, the landscape is unblemished by gas stations, souvenir stands, or hot-doggeries."
"By night, it must be admitted, the place is something of a horror, with its endless repetitive bars and strip-joints and hot-doggeries and battalions of barkers competing with the howl of the discotheques."
"Two Chicago hot-doggeries are well worth a little extra travel. The first is Superdawg Drive-In, on the northwest side of the city[…], a 1950s-style flashback distinguished by giant hot dogs dressed as Tarzan and Jane [Porter] dancing on the roof."
"But aerials has developed into a serious discipline that borrows much from gymnastics. It is two parts hot-doggery to one part Nadia Comaneci, with Isaac Newton keeping everybody honest."

Etymology

From hot dog /hot-dog + -ery.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: hot dog//hot-dog

Usage

Inflected Forms

hot-doggeries (plural)

Questions

What does hot-doggery mean?: Alternative form of hot doggery.
Where does hot-doggery come from?: From hot dog /hot-dog + -ery.

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