rubbing alcohol

noun

a poisonous solution of about 70 percent isopropyl or denatured ethyl alcohol, usually containing a perfume oil, used chiefly in massaging.

rubbing alcohol

a liquid usually consisting of 70 per cent denatured ethyl alcohol, used by external application as an antiseptic or rubefacient

First recorded in 1925–30

One of the boys, a stocky ruddy-faced blond teen, vanished after he and Middleton got drunk on rubbing alcohol.

And a rubbing alcohol/lavender oil mix works only as a short-term defense to buy time until the exterminator comes.

Strategies run the gamut from freezing everything you own to lathering your body in a mix of rubbing alcohol and lavender oil.

April 19, 2024tortuous

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