metho

1. (Australia, colloquial) Methylated spirits.Examples: "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, Kate Jennings, 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."; "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."Australiacolloquialuncountable