Xeres
Britishnoun
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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
The editor, Sir Clements Markham, included it in the same volume with the reports of Xeres, Miguel de Estete, Hernando Pizarro.
From An Account of the Conquest of Peru by Means, Philip Ainsworth
That suits me well, for I have orders from a merchant here to fetch him twelve mule loads of sherry from Xeres; and Badajoz is, therefore, on my way.
From Under Wellington's Command A Tale of the Peninsular War by Paget, Walter
In exchange for his lenten ration of bacallao, the Spaniard sends his fruits and Xeres, the Portuguese his racy port, the Italian his Florence oil and Naples maccaroni.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 by Various
Wine was only produced at special festivals, and was almost wholly imported from Bordeaux, Oporto, or Xeres in Andalusia; a trade still recorded in our current words "port" and "sherry."
From Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely by Conybeare, Edward
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