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turpsy
English
Etymology
turps +? -y
Adjective
turpsy (comparative turpsier, superlative turpsiest)
- soaked in or smelling of turpentine
- 1960, John Bratby, Breakdown, Hutchinson (1960), page 24:
- Back at his canvas he drew some more with Prussian blue, wiped his hands on a turpsy rag, and went over to the telephone.
- 1996, Chris Pullen, Mercenary 11: Oliver's Army , 22 Books (1996), ?ISBN, page 4:
- There was the fresh, turpsy smell of conifers, and from a quarter of a mile away the salty tang of shifting sea water.
- 2002, Ronald Frame, Permanent Violet, Polygon (2002), ?ISBN, page 185:
- I had lived with him, scarcely conscious that he had an individual smell at all. But now I could recognise it at once - soapy, mentholy, a little sweaty, musky, turpsy. I passed the material under my nose, and his presence was filling my head.
- 1960, John Bratby, Breakdown, Hutchinson (1960), page 24:
- (of oil paint) heavily diluted with turpentine
- 1984, Betty Churcher, Molvig: The Lost Antipodean, Penguin Books (1984), ?ISBN, page 74:
- The Sleeping lubra is an oil painting on board, and the underpainting, which has been laid in as a transparent wash, seems to have been mixed with some incompatible substance that has caused the colour to marble, possibly the result of clear enamel being dropped directly into the turpsy film of oil paint.
- 2005, Alex Danchev, Georges Braque: A Life, Hamish Hamilton (2005), ?ISBN, page 269:
- But another canvas of the same size [probably Studio II] was only just begun: it had been scribbled all over with a very loose turpsy mixture of ochre-honey colour with a biggish brush.
- 1984, Betty Churcher, Molvig: The Lost Antipodean, Penguin Books (1984), ?ISBN, page 74:
turpsy From the web:
turps
English
Etymology
Clipping of turpentine + -s (diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /t?ps/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /t??ps/
- Rhymes: -??(?)ps
Noun
turps (uncountable)
- (informal) Turpentine or turpentine substitute.
- (slang, Australia, New Zealand) Any alcoholic drink.
Derived terms
- on the turps
See also
- Wikipedia article on turpentine
- Wikipedia article on turpentine substitute
Anagrams
- Prust, spurt
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