From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishsherrysher‧ry /ˈʃeri/ noun (plural sherries) [countable, uncountable] DFDa pale or dark brown strong wine, originally from Spain
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sherry• Add gin and sherry and carefully ignite.• As a result of these processes, madeira wine gained qualities which made it a rival of port and sherry.• This particular whisky is aged in oak barrels used previously for sherry.• Old Crumwallis said I could have a glass of sherry.• Well, I shall have a small sherry.• He's off abroad or swigging sherry in some London drawing-room.• He accepted them without noticing them or where he was, because of the naturalness of it and the sherry on top of shock.• This sherry treatment is not merely for VIPs.Origin sherry (1500-1600) sherris “sherry” ((16-18 centuries)), from Xeres (now Jerez), city in southwestern Spain 