sherris
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of sherris
1530–40; < Spanish ( vino de ) Xeres (wine of ) Xeres (now Jerez )
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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
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
"There was a strange long preacher here, ages ago," inquired Springall, filling his silver cup with sherris; "he surely did not migrate with the higher powers?"
From The Buccaneer A Tale by Mrs. S. C. Hall
The sherris mantling Still about each mouth, mayhap, Breeds you insight—just a scantling— Brings me truth out—just a scrap.
From Browning's England A Study in English Influences in Browning by Helen Archibald Clarke
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