1590–1600; back formation from sherris, construed as a plural
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"What do you get for that, poet laureate? £70 a year and a barrel of sherry? Not interested."
From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2025
Du Beke told them it was like his "favourite sherry trifle at Christmas".
From BBC ● Dec. 25, 2024
Dry sherry makes most any chowder better, especially red chowders.
From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2024
For our take, we cook pancetta and shallots with Dijon mustard, olive oil and sherry vinegar for a bright yet comforting dressing to drizzle onto the greens just before serving.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 22, 2023
They climb an echoing stairwell, rap on a door; an old woman invites them in, asks for news, insists all three of them drink a thimbleful of sherry.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
Dr Cathy Sherry, Professor at Macquarie Law School in Australia, has studied property law and ownership across the world.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
In one chapter, Sherry sees an English soldier enter the Revere home.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
Sherry Zhou, a senior majoring in political science and communications, said the timing was difficult with major assignments due and many professors using Canvas to share readings and slide decks.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2026
Product mix, however, helped offset the headwind, with Ford CFO Sherry House noting that Ford’s trucks go to higher-income households.
From Barron's ● Apr. 29, 2026
Its heroine was Sherry Nola, a girl conceived, born and brought up in sweltering luxury.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
Maybe hyperfiltered, mass-market sherries can’t age, but this one?
From New York Times ● Dec. 9, 2021
Chief among the beliefs is that fragile sherries like manzanilla must be consumed almost immediately upon purchase or they will deteriorate.
From New York Times ● Dec. 9, 2021
It comes from the Cádiz region of Andalusia in southern Spain, which is far better known for its sherries than for red wines.
From New York Times ● Oct. 15, 2020
This week’s recommendations include two sherries from a label new to the U.S. market, through Grapes of Spain importers.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 10, 2020
The ship contained large stores of goods from Spain, with sherries, and merchandise of every kind.
From Under Drake's Flag A Tale of the Spanish Main by Browne, Gordon
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