sherris

[ sher-is ]

noun

, Archaic.

1. sherry.

Word History and Origins

Origin of sherris¹

1530–40; < Spanish ( vino de ) Xeres (wine of ) Xeres (now Jerez )

Example Sentences

Tennyson had his port, whereto clings a good old tradition; sherris sack belongs to a nobler age; these drinks are not for us.

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Falstaff, reeling home from Dame Quickly's Tavern with his load of sherris-sack, may have sat here to ponder on his honour.

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But the sherris warms it, and makes its course from the inwards to the parts extreme.

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And for dinner was corned beef and carrots, and for drink sherris-sack and muscadel.

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And then, why, Ive a few bottles of Geldinos sherris thatthat Ill not open save on the rarest occasion.

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