pilsener

plural pilseners

1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of pilsner.

plural Pilseners

1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of pilsner.

   We wouldn’t say no to a couple of glasses of Pilsener, but that’s all.

   1995, Gustav Meyrink, translated by Mike Mitchell, “May”, in The Golem, Sawtry, Cambridgeshire: Dedalus Ltd; Riverside, Calif.: Ariadne Press, →ISBN, page 217

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   He went to a vacant table in the lobby lounge and ordered a tall glass of Pilsener, and sat sipping it, a quiet, inconspicuous figure in a raincoat and a crushed felt hat.

   1939, Paul Gallico, “Illusion in Prague: How Hiram Holliday Sought a Princess and Found a Man with a False Beard”, in The Adventures of Hiram Holliday, Harmondsworth, Hillingdon; Ringwood, Vic.: Penguin Books, published 1967, →OCLC, page 74

   We’re all drinking Pilseners. Rupert told me the froth is supposed to be so firm you can lay a coin on it and thanks to him I’ve lost three pfennigs already.

   2013, Jane Thynne, chapter 16, in Black Roses, London: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 130