hotter than a two-dollar pistol

See also: hotter than a two dollar pistol

English

Adjective

hotter than a two-dollar pistol (comparative form only)

  1. Alternative form of hotter than a two dollar pistol.
    • 1949, Chas. Wm. Doepke Mfg. Co., Inc., “Model Toys”, in Life, New York, N.Y.: Time Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC:
      THE RESULT? Your cash register will be hotter than a two-dollar pistol! You’ll have toy sales profits in addition to profits on vacation items!
    • 1949 September 27, Arthur Daley, “Sports of the Times”, in The New York Times, volume XCIX, number 33,484, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 37, column 3:
      Five games remain for each team, including two more with each other over the week-end. But time is running short and the Fenway Millionaires are hotter than a two-dollar pistol. The breaks are now beginning to fall in the direction of the better club.
    • 1950, Will Henry [pseudonym; Henry Wilson Allen], chapter 13, in No Survivors: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: Random House, →OCLC, part 1, page 120:
      Once before I had started after him with no girl involved and had quit the trail cold at the first cross-track. Now I was hotter than a two-dollar pistol. Star was the answer.
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