Timeline for What is the origin for the idiom "a hot potato"?
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| Apr 16, 2022 at 20:01 | comment | added | Stuart F | I assume it relates to the practice of baking potatoes in the ashes of a fire, which could produce a very hot potato especially on the outside, significantly hotter than something cooked over a fire or in water. | |
| Feb 21, 2017 at 18:58 | history | edited | NVZ♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Feb 21, 2017 at 18:36 | history | edited | NVZ♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Feb 21, 2017 at 18:33 | history | answered | NVZ♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |