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Metho vs Meths - What's the difference?

metho | meths |

As nouns the difference between metho and meths

is that metho is methylated spirits while meths is short form of methylated spirit.

metho

English

Noun

(-)
  • (Australia, colloquial) Methylated spirits.
  • * 1985 , Living Australia, photograph caption, Dangerous Australians: The Complete Guide to Australia's Most Deadly Creatures , page 61,
    • Ben Cropp, aided by his wife Lynn, tests the effectiveness of metho and vinegar against box jellyfish stings (above); see Ben?s foreword for details of the experiment.
  • * 1988 , , Cold Water'', ''Save Me, Joe Louis'', reprinted 2010, ''Trouble: Evolution of a Radical, Selected Writings 1970-2010 , page 78,
    • We thought an alcoholic was a low life, someone on metho , or a benighted person who drank a bottle of gin before breakfast. Not us.
  • * 1996 , Curriculum Corporation (Australia), From Igloos to Yurts: Years 4-7 , page 23,
    • Assist students to design and construct models of hot-air balloons ranging from those using shopping bags and hair dryers, to those using tissue paper and metho burners, depending on the resources available.
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    meths

    English

    Etymology 1

    Shortened from (methylated spirit).

    Noun

    (-)
  • (chemistry) Short form of methylated spirit.

    • Etymology 2

    From (meths) or (methylated spirits), as stereotypically drunk by tramps.

    Noun

    (head)
  • (Geordie)