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[hot seat]
{n.}, {slang} 1. The electric chair used to cause deathby electrocution in legal
executions.
Many a man has controlled amurderous rage when he thought of the
hot seat.
2. {informal} Aposition in which you can easily get into trouble.
A judge in abeauty contest is on the hot seat. If he chooses one girl, the
othergirls will be angry with him.
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