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| sher·ry [ shérree ] |
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fortified Spanish wine: a wine, especially one made near Jerez de la Frontera, Spain, that has a higher alcohol content as a result of adding brandy, and ranges from very sweet to very dry
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| [Late 16th century. Alteration of archaic sherris, interpreted as plural, after Xeres (now Jerez de la Frontera)] |
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