sell like hot cakes
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"They sell like hot cakes," says Izzie Eriksen, the managing director.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2023
Their “oily cakes” sell like hot cakes, bringing daily lines of mean and mangy trappers eager for a taste.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 5, 2020
If Barbie is in the market for a seasonal spinoff that would sell like hot cakes at the close of 2016, it should go for Meaningful Beyoncé.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 13, 2016
With Gaga’s new album likely to sell like hot cakes, wouldn’t record label executives prefer to save on any unnecessary marketing expenditures?
From Slate ● Oct. 31, 2013
It would sell like hot cakes, I do believe,—and sell quicker, too, if folks knew she wasn't going to have much more time for writin'.
From Donald and Dorothy by Mary Mapes Dodge
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