sherry cobbler
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of sherry cobbler
First recorded in 1800–10
Example Sentences
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Though slightly reminiscent of a sherry cobbler that has been forgotten in the fridge, the Shoot is nonetheless totally OK.
From Slate • Dec. 10, 2013
I’d much sooner have a sherry cobbler, as they used to make it with a big lump of ice swimming in it, at the—it’s the club, I mean.
From The Gold Trail by Bindloss, Harold
Reader, do you know what a sherry cobbler is?
From Canada and the Canadians Volume I by Bonnycastle, Richard Henry
He ordered up a sherry cobbler apiece and brought out some of his rarest weeds.
From Crowded Out! and Other Sketches by Harrison, S. Frances (Susie Frances)
On the whole, however, I think we have been most successful in imbibing sherry cobbler, which you get here in great perfection.
From Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 1 by Huxley, Thomas Henry
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