"hotter than a pistol" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2008, Dorothy Garlock, A Place Called Rainwater, →ISBN:",
          "text": "\"Warm day out there on the highway. . . . It's only June. By the Fourth it'll be hotter than a pistol around here.\"",
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          "ref": "1988, Steve Turner, “Interview with Johnny Cash”, in The Man Called CASH, published 2005, →ISBN:",
          "text": "\"Carl Perkins and I were in Amory, Mississippi, with Elvis. Now Elvis, of course, was hotter than a pistol. He had his second record out.\"",
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          "ref": "1993 September 12, Claudia H. Deutsch, “Commercial Property/Analyzing Trends”, in New York Times, retrieved 2018-01-10:",
          "text": "Leasing activity is frenzied throughout Manhattan. . . . \"Broadway is hotter than a pistol and you have to shoehorn your way into SoHo,\" reports Faith H. Consolo.",
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          "ref": "2015 October 20, Norris McDonald, “Autos: Racing Roundup”, in The Star, Canada, retrieved 2018-01-10:",
          "text": "Joey Logano, who's hotter than a pistol, won the NASCAR Chase race at Kansas Sunday.",
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        "(idiomatic, chiefly US, Canada) Exceptionally popular, productive, or marketable."
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