Definitions

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  • noun Australia, colloquial Methylated spirits.

Etymologies

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From methylated spirits +‎ -o (“diminutive suffix”).

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Examples

  • By 11: 31, Dove was in a room in the ER, with an oxygen saturation monitor attached to her foot, dexo-metho-something having been administered, being given oxygen as she screamed hysterically, bucking against my arms as I held her down and my heart shattered.

    I Can Make You Scared 2009

  • Also, 'methylated spirits' or 'metho' (as it's sold in Australia) is alcohol based, but it often contains poisonous components, so you should be careful with it.

    Archive 2008-01-01 2008

  • Super Soaker filled with metho and a bic lighter for the encore.

    Cheeseburger Gothic » Quick gun question. 2009

  • Edit erm Why thank you Pro but I only take worshiping from people with faith not metho-logical naturalism

    Bazell says "quit whining" - The Panda's Thumb 2006

  • Pour metho into the tin and place this inside the pineapple.

    Even in a little thing gillpolack 2006

  • Minds (1967) rejects rather thoroughly the principles and assumptions of both existence-monism and metho - dological-monism and he subjects the particulars of

    AGNOSTICISM KAI NIELSEN 1968

  • Physicists, chemists and engineers at the University of Pennsylvania have demonstrated a novel metho ...

    THE MEDICAL NEWS Editors 2010

  • An international research study, published in The Lancet, has thrown into question the current metho ...

    THE MEDICAL NEWS Editors 2010

  • Provides direct dental diagnostic and treatment services to patients, using current knowledge of metho

    The Star Beacon; Ashtabula, Ohio Home Page 2010

  • His metho Horsemen the world over from Clinton Anderson to

    WN.com - Business News 2010

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