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hot sauce

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Definition of hot sauce

: a pungent condiment sauce made from hot peppers

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First Known Use of hot sauce

1704, in the meaning defined above

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“Hot sauce.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hot%20sauce. Accessed 22 Jun. 2021.

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