Xeres
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Figures obtained by the BBC revealed Operation Daybreak has now received 391 separate allegations, while another 223 complaints have been made to Operation Xeres.
From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2016
Have I not told you these many times to bring me my goblet of chased gold, filled with good Xeres wine?
From The Spanish Cavalier A Story of Seville by A. L. O. E.
Let’s see who comes to claim The butt of golden Xeres, and the Laureate’s honoured name!’
From The Bon Gaultier Ballads by Richard Doyle
"I go down to Xeres sometimes, and always bring up a half octave of something special for my friends, here."
From Under Wellington's Command A Tale of the Peninsular War by Walter Paget
"So Francois there sent him a bottle of that Xeres in the outer bin yonder—we sell it to you for two dollars the bottle—and he said that was wine!"
From Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death by T. C. DeLeon
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