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
Swiftly as Elissa had run down the street, here she redoubled her speed, flitting through the glades like some white spirit, and so rapidly that her companion found it difficult to keep her in view.
From Elissa by Haggard, Henry Rider
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