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Definition of Hotshots
1. hotshot [n] - See also: hotshot
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hotshots
Literary usage of Hotshots
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Inspector General Act Oversight: Hearings Before the Committee on Government edited by Stephen Horn (1999)
"But this must be done with efficiency and professionalism. There's no room for
hotshots, or hot-dogs, or wheeler dealers, or tough guys. ..."
2. Sylva: Or, a Discourse of Forest Trees by John Evelyn, John Nisbet (1908)
"But first you must make the fire of char-coal or small-coal, covering them with
your eggs, hotshots, ..."
3. Adventure Guide to the Champlain & Hudson River Valleys by Patricia Foulke, Robert Foulke (2003)
"... with a good selection of green and blue trails for novices and intermediates,
as well as a number of single-blacks for aspiring young hotshots. ..."
4. Adventure Guide to Texas by Kimberly Young (1999)
"... including the Astros (baseball), the two-time NBA world champion
Rockets (basketball), the hotshots (soccer), the Aeros (hockey), the Texas Terror ..."
5. British Farmer's Magazine (1872)
"hotshots forelegs are too much under him, but with some of " Artillery's" markings
aud points ; while Sir Hercules, though big enough, with his long weak ..."
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