papiljott
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Swedish
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Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French papillote. First attested in 1733.
Noun
[edit]papiljott c
- (usually in the plural) a hair roller, a hair curler
- 1968, Cornelis Vreeswijk (lyrics and music), “Personliga Person [Personal Person]”, in Tio vackra visor och Personliga Person [Ten beautiful songs and Personal Person][1]:
- ["Person" is pronounced like the last name "Persson" in this song] Personliga Persons fru och hans vidriga dotter, de sutto [archaic] i sina särkar ännu och sina papiljotter. Person såg på dem med föga sympati, och i sitt stilla sinna tänkte Person "Tvi!" – fast han ingenting sade, och det var ju bra det.
- Personal Person's wife and his disgusting [or "vile," "repugnant," "odious" or the like – stronger than "disgusting"] daughter, they were still sitting in their robes [shifts or nightgowns – nattlinne is more common] and their curlers. Person looked at them with little sympathy, and quietly to himself ["in his calm/still mind" – idiomatic], Person thought "Yuck!" – though he didn't say anything, and that's good [literally, "and that was good," or – see ju – "and yeah, that was good," "and that was good, of course," or the like].
Declension
[edit]Declension of papiljott | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | papiljott | papiljotten | papiljotter | papiljotterna |
Genitive | papiljotts | papiljottens | papiljotters | papiljotternas |
See also
[edit]- mamelucker (“bloomers”)