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sherry

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sher·ry  (shr)
n. pl. sher·ries
1. A fortified Spanish wine ranging from very dry to sweet and from amber to brown.
2. A similar wine made elsewhere.

[Alteration of sherris (taken as pl.), after Xeres (Jerez), Spain.]

sherry
Noun
pl -ries a pale or dark brown fortified wine, originally from southern Spain [Spanish Xeres, now Jerez, in Spain]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.sherrysherry - dry to sweet amber wine from the Jerez region of southern Spain or similar wines produced elsewhere; usually drunk as an aperitif
fortified wine - wine to which alcohol (usually grape brandy) has been added
Manzanilla - very dry pale sherry from Spain
Amontillado - pale medium-dry sherry from Spain
Translations
Spanish sherry [ˈʃɛrɪ] njerez m
French sherry [ˈʃɛrɪ] nxérès m, sherry m
German sherry [ˈʃɛrɪ] nSherry m
Italian sherry [ˈʃɛrɪ] nsherry m inv

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the sandwiches and sherry brought me a dream that I could not but consider of good omen.
It thundered some foreign name loudly but inaudibly, and the hotel proprietor moved more sharply towards it than he had done for Flambeau's sherry.
I'll take another glass of the sherry wine, just to wet my whistle, as the vulgar saying is, before I begin.
 
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