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sherry


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sherry  \Sher"ry\,  n.  [So  called  from  Xeres,  a  Spanish  town  near 
  Cadiz,  x  in  Spanish  having  been  formerly  pronounced  like  sh 
  in  English.] 
  A  Spanish  light-colored  dry  wine,  made  in  Andalusia.  As 
  prepared  for  commerce  it  is  colored  a  straw  color  or  a  deep 
  amber  by  mixing  with  it  cheap  wine  boiled  down 
 
  {Sherry  cobbler},  a  beverage  prepared  with  sherry  wine, 
  water,  lemon  or  orange,  sugar,  ice,  etc.,  and  usually 
  imbided  through  a  straw  or  a  glass  tube. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  sherry 
  n  :  dry  to  sweet  amber  wine  from  the  Jerez  region  of  southern 
  Spain  or  similar  wines  produced  elsewhere;  usually  drunk 
  as  an  aperitif 




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