[Colloq. (workmen’s or painters’) abbreviation of TURPENTINE; the final -s appears to be collective.] Oil of turpentine.
1823. P. Nicholson, Pract. Build., 411. Oil of Turpentine, or Turps, is made from the resin of that name, which is obtained from all larch and fir-trees.
1867. F. Francis, Angling, xiv. (1880), 506. Cut up some white indiarubber … dissolve it in turps.
1894. Brit. Jrnl. Photogr., XLI. 5. Not soluble in either benzole, turps, or xylol.
