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What is turps?

What is turps? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (informal) Turpentine or turpentine substitute.
  2. (slang, Australia, New Zealand) Any alcoholic drink.
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Tandem bungy jumping in Queenstown then a night out on the turps with Dunedin's scarfies. It sounds like a very royal holiday.
Only a tiny minority of this group are daring enough to even contemplate another punishing night on the turps.
Ms Hood had a shaky start to her artistic career when she developed an allergy to turps.
He had a piece of clean rag in his tool bag, and there was a can of turps in the room.
It only seems like yesterday he was throwing up in the back garden after a heavy night on the turps.
Can you imagine anything better than a hot roast pork sandwich after a night on the turps?

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