Etymology

UnknownCategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms with unknown etymologies#PJOLTER. May be from some old slang like Månsing. Compare also Finnish polttaa (“to distill alcohol”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpʰjɔltər]Category:Norwegian Bokmål terms with IPA pronunciation#PJOLTER

Noun

pjolter m (definite singular pjolteren, indefinite plural pjoltere, definite plural pjolterne)Category:Norwegian Bokmål lemmas#PJOLTERCategory:Norwegian Bokmål nouns#PJOLTERCategory:Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header#PJOLTERCategory:Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns#PJOLTERCategory:Pages with entries#PJOLTERCategory:Pages with 1 entry#PJOLTER

1. highball (cocktail made from a spirit plus soda water etc.)
   • 1976, Carl Hjalmby, “Født til tap”:

     Når jeg velter opp i senga efter pjolter ni og tyv’,
     ja, da kan jeg riktig merke at min hverdag er forbi.

     When I collapse into the bed after the 29th highball,
     yeah, then I can really notice that my everyday is gone past.

     Category:Norwegian Bokmål terms with quotations#PJOLTER