motor spirit
n.— «If this total were all petrol—what the oil industry calls “gasoline,” PMS, or “motor spirit,” it would indeed be a bonanza.» —“Oil Bonanza? Let Us Get Real” by Vivian Craddock Williams New Vision (Kampala, Uganda) Oct. 2, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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