white spirit
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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
I tried to go––and then I knew she had broken away––I could see her like a white spirit fly back towards the light in the open door.
From The Treasure Trail A Romance of the Land of Gold and Sunshine by Amick, Robert Wesley
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