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sherris

sherris is the obsolete form of sherry.

Meaning of sherry

Noun

sherry (usually uncountable, plural sherries)

  1. (usually) A fortified wine produced in Jerez de la Frontera in Spain, or a similar wine produced elsewhere.
    • He gazed around until on the lid of a spinet he spotted a promising collection of bottles, gin, whiskey, vermouth and sherry, mixed with violin bows, a flute, a toppling pile of books, six volumes of Grove's Dictionary mingled with paperback thrillers, a guitar without any strings, a pair of...1956, Delano Ames, chapter 14, in Crime out of Mind
  2. (usually) A variety of sherry.
    • They produce several quality sherries.
  3. (usually) A glass of sherry.
    • Would you like a sherry?

See all 5 meanings of sherry

Questions about sherris

What is sherris the obsolete form of?
Sherris is the obsolete form of sherry.

Words near sherris in the dictionary

  1. Sherrilynn
  2. Sherrin
  3. Sherrington
  4. Sherringtons
  5. Sherrins
  6. sherris
  7. Sherrod
  8. Sherrods
  9. Sherron
  10. Sherrons
  11. Sherrow

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