An early use of the term hot dog in reference to sausage-meat
Saturday Sep 13, 1884 Evansville, Indiana, U.S.
An early use of the term hot dog in reference to sausage-meat appears in the Evansville (Indiana) Daily Courier (September 14, 1884):
even the innocent 'wienerworst' man will be barred from dispensing hot dog on the street corner.