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metho1 Austral. and N.Z. colloq.|ˈmɛθəʊ|
Also metha (rare).
[f. meth(ylated spirit + -o.]
1. Methylated spirit. Also attrib.
1933Bulletin (Sydney) 18 Oct. 10/2 A metho. drinker—a regular visitor—came into the pharmacy the other day. Ibid. 1 Nov. 11/1 Charged in a Melbourne court with having drunk metho., an elderly gent. at first declared [etc.]. 1935K. Tennant Tiburon ii. 23 The two metho-drinkers were escorted out firmly. 1938‘R. Hyde’ Nor Years Condemn x. 190 They drink a lot of metha, don't they? Great names they've got for it—Phar Lap, and Johnny Gee, and White Light. 1944W. E. Harney Taboo (ed. 3) 33 She is a ‘metho’ addict and, as a result, is blind and half paralysed. 1945O. E. Burton In Prison 116 A half-crazed sponge for absorbing ‘metho’. 1953A. Upfield Murder must Wait xvii. 153 The straight-out metho drinkers and city crooks. 1973Sunday Mail (Brisbane) 18 Mar. 25/5 The oldtimer who'd tried to smuggle it through, by carrying it nonchalantly in his hand, surrendered it sadly. When it comes to metho spotting, Envoy Smith has the nose of a connoisseur.
2. A person who is addicted to drinking methylated spirit. See also meths.
1933Bulletin (Sydney) 1 Nov. 11/1 A John Hop who has helped to deal with many ‘methos.’ tells me not a few prefer petrol. 1945Baker Austral. Lang. 166 Addicts of these noxious drinks are known as meths, methos, [and] metho artists. 1966G. W. Turner Eng. Lang. Austral. & N.Z. vi. 118 Words in -o are more specifically Australian, though..metho (a drinker of methylated spirits) and smoko (with the sense ‘morning or afternoon tea’..) are current in New Zealand. 1973Brisbane City Mission Sept. 17/2 The methos... When a man takes to drinking methylated spirits, you know..that he has no thought for betterment of his lot. |