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sherry

2 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. sherry (noun)
  2. solera (noun)

sher·ry

noun \ˈsher-ē\
plural sherries

Definition of SHERRY

: a Spanish fortified wine with a distinctive nutty flavor; also : a similar wine produced elsewhere
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Origin of SHERRY

alteration of earlier sherris (taken as plural), from Xeres (now Jerez), Spain
First Known Use: 1584

Rhymes with SHERRY

aerie, airy, berry, bury, Carey, cherry, chary, dairy, Derry, faerie, fairy, ferry, Gerry, glairy, glary, hairy, Jerry, kerry, Mary, marry, merry, nary, perry, prairie, query, scary, serry, Shari, skerry, terry, Terry, vary, very, wary, wherry

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