turps

British  

/ tɜːps /

noun

1. short for turpentine

2. slang alcoholic drink, esp beer (esp in the phrase on the turps )

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Example Sentences

And while Guardian News and Media takes no legal responsibility for etc etc, you might want to have an emergency bottle of homebrow turps to hand in case things get somewhat overwrought.

From The Guardian

Now I entered a room that seemed to withdraw from me and stood, hesitating, in the doorway, like an uninvited guest, inhaling the familiar smells of oil paint and turps.

From The New Yorker

Well, Callum Innes puts on the oil paint and scrapes it off, then he puts it on again and washes it off with turps.

From The Guardian

To prepare the first oil, half fill a cup with pure turps, stand it in a saucer, and spill a little over the sides of the cup.

From Project Gutenberg

Don't I wish we had some turps, or some of that pig fat we've got in our cellar.

From Project Gutenberg