sherris
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of sherris
1530–40; < Spanish ( vino de ) Xeres (wine of ) Xeres (now Jerez )
Example Sentences
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Lord, Jack, what a sherris that was!—'twas meat and drink; a thing to put marrow in your bones—cool and clear it was, and rich withal—cool on the tongue and warm in the stomach.
From Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures by William Black
But the sherris warms it, and makes its course from the inwards to the parts extreme.
From The Young Gentleman and Lady's Monitor, and English Teacher's Assistant by John Hamilton Moore
Would it be Geldino’s sherris or Canary Malmsey, or would I have to content myself with a royal port lately brought from France?”
From Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905 by Various
And then, why, I’ve a few bottles of Geldino’s sherris that—that I’ll not open save on the rarest occasion.
From Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905 by Various
Tennyson had his port, whereto clings a good old tradition; sherris sack belongs to a nobler age; these drinks are not for us.
From The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft by George Gissing
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