white spirit
Britishnoun
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He refers to the running of graphite as “the future” and revels in the fact that the painstakingly applied marks become chaotic when the white spirit is added.
From New York Times ● Feb. 22, 2022
Rival beverages, including affordable versions of China’s white spirit, baijiu, more craft-beer brands and ready-to-drink products like Chinese cocktail brand Rio, also could steal share from mass-market beer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2015
One of Platt's fingerprints was found by crime scene investigators on a bottle of white spirit left in Mr McHale's bedroom.
From BBC ● Dec. 9, 2014
In this one, he's looking for a special bear, a white "spirit" bear.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 24, 2010
There was only one thing that could be loved—that white spirit.
From Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909 to 1922 by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery
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