sherry cobbler
noun
a cobbler drink made with sherry, sliced fruits, and ice.
Origin of sherry cobbler
1First recorded in 1800–10
Words Nearby sherry cobbler
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How to use sherry cobbler in a sentence
It was the sherry-cobbler of the age; although I believe every thing is now pronounced to be out of fashion before dinner.
Miles Wallingford | James Fenimore CooperHe sometimes sucked it through a reed, just as a sherry cobbler is taken, while one of his slaves held the jar before him.
Great African Travellers | W.H.G. KingstonHe ordered up a sherry cobbler apiece and brought out some of his rarest weeds.
Crowded Out! and Other Sketches | Susie F. HarrisonGet me a brandy smash—a sherry cobbler—a gin rickey—rock and rye—a whisky sour—a mint julep!
The Panchronicon | Harold Steele MackayeI recognized him at once, for ten minutes before I had been sucking a sherry-cobbler with him out of the same rummer.
The Jest Book | Mark Lemon
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