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

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

"Brunswick black," a cheap and durable brown, if laid on thinly, i.e., thinned with turps, is sometimes used for colouring the noses of mammals.

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 Browne, Montagu

After standing a little the fat oil is deposited in the saucer and the clear turps left in the cup.

From Pottery, for Artists Craftsmen & Teachers by Cox, George J.