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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turps

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 ● Apr. 8, 2019

Oh no, you'll always get your turps topped up Chez Small Talk, Lawro.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 28, 2011

To this end he would whip up weird mayonnaises of wax, turps, asphaltum, eggs, resin and oil.

From Time Magazine Archive

A certain loss of colour inevitably takes place in preserved larvae, which in the larger ones may be restored by colouring inside them with powder colours mixed in turps.

From Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy. by Montagu Browne

"Quelle langue! quelle langue est la langue Américaine!" sniffed the elder Swede, wiping off a brushful of "turps" in her back hair.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. July, 1878. by Various