sherris

American  

[sher-is] / ˈʃɛr ɪs /

noun

Archaic.

1. sherry.

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Etymology

Origin of sherris

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

Example Sentences

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

Turtle and salmon and Strasbourg pie Pippins and cheese were there; And the bibulous Alderman wink'd his eye, For the sherris was old and rare.

From Humorous Readings and Recitations In prose and verse 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 Gissing, George

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 Black, William

Port takes its name from Oporto, in Portugal; and sherry, which used to be called "sherris," comes from the name of Xeres, a Spanish town.

From Stories That Words Tell Us by O'Neill, Elizabeth (Elizabeth Speakman)