Phrase Origins Served Piping Hot
Mel Kopel of Windsor, Conn., writes to ask why food is served "piping
hot" and a car fresh from the showroom floor is "spanking new" (as
opposed to the "clanking old" clunker you traded in for it).
You could conjure up several tactile or visual explanations for
"piping hot." After all, various
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