sherry

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This was simmered for 10-15 minutes and then the sherry was added to the pot.

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  1. noun A fortified Spanish wine ranging from very dry to sweet and from amber to brown.
  2. noun A similar wine made elsewhere.

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  • He likes a special kind of sherry, almost unprocurable, I understand, but Baskett is going to hunt for it. —  Death of a Peer - Ngaio Marsh - Alleyn 10: 1940
  • Verdict: It's the real turtle soup laced with sherry, all right, as Feinstein celebrates Sinatra backed by an unprecedented 17 musicians at his eponymous nitery on Park Avenue. —  Variety.com
  • This was simmered for 10-15 minutes and then the sherry was added to the pot. —  Knox
  • Sautee shallots for 3 minutes add chopped mushrooms, sherry, and salt and pepper and sauté for another 3 minutes. —  RVABlogs
  • Verdict: It's the real turtle soup laced with sherry, all right, as Feinstein celebrates Sinatra backed by ... —  ShowHype - Top Entertainment News, Videos, and Blogs
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  1. Alteration of sherris (taken as pl.), after Xeres (Jerez), Spain.

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  1. Earlymod. English sherris, from which, mistaken as a plural, the supposed singular sherry was formed (cf. cherry, pea, similarly formed from * cheris, pease, etc.); abbreviation of Sherris-wine (or Sherris-sack) (= Dutch Xeres-wijn = German Xeres-wein; French vin de Xeres = Portuguese vinho de Xerez), from Sherris, also written Sherries (with sh for Spanish x), also Xeres, Xerez, from Spanish Xeres, now Jerez, properly Jerez de la Frontera, in southern Spain, near Cadiz, where the wine is still made; from Latin Cæsaris, genitive of Cæsar, Cæsar, after whom the town was named: see Cæsar. Cf. Sp.Saragossa, contr. from Latin Cæsarea Augusta.
 

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