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‖ pahit|ˈpɑːhɪt|
[Malay, = bitter.]
In full gin pahit. Gin and bitters.
1914G. Frankau Tid'apa (1915) ii. 11 He had shouted for pahit and for stinger till the hot, strong bane of them swept In flame to each brain-cell's tinder. 1923W. S. Maugham in Nash's & Pall Mall Mag. Apr. 32/1 The Irishman ordered a dry martini for her and a gin pahit for himself. 1932― Book-Bag 21 Shall you be ready for a gin pahit in ten minutes? 1961Conyn & Marten Bali Ballet Murder iii. 41 Gin pahit as an aperitif. 1963J. Kirkup Tropic Temper 213 Patrons are requested to reserve their tables for dinner before ordering their pahits. 1965O. A. Mendelsohn Dict. Drink 251 Pahit, Malay Club term for long gin drink. 1968Punch 12 June 852/2 There was the euphoria of foreseeing ourselves in Maugham fiction—white-tuxedoed dinner-parties, the fans turning on the ceiling, gin pahits on the veranda, humid adultery behind the jalousies. |