TO GO OFF LIKE HOT CAKES, verb. phr. (common).—To sell readily; to be in good demand.
1889. Pall Mall Gazette, 11 Oct., p. 6, col. 1. Sold at one penny retail they often GO OFF LIKE HOT CAKES.
1893. P. H. EMERSON, Signor Lippo, ch. xii. It went off LIKE HOT CAKES.
