noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
dry
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This is the dry sherry end of the appointments business.
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A separate sauce is made by sauteing the duck liver with shallots, carrots, herbs, and dry sherry .
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A pleasant floral aroma with woody undertones this tasted like a very dry pale sherry with bubbles which had a tannic aftertaste.
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A quality, dry pale sherry can be substituted, but can not equal its unique, rich, mellow taste.
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Order large glass of dry sherry and feel its warmth penetrate toes, making up for rather painful new shoes.
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A wonderful pale gold colour we felt it tasted a bit like a dry sherry .
small
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Well, I shall have a small sherry .
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Perhaps we could allow ourselves a small sherry before dinner just for a change.
sweet
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Christopher Jabelman, above left, was haunted by anxiety and depression, which he attempted to quell with sweet sherry .
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She was a widow, fleshy, piggy-eyed, slack-mouthed, with a taste for sweet sherry .
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Lucy would find nothing more disgusting than a tumbler of sweet sherry with her dinner.
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Wine and cheese: one up from sweet sherry .
■ NOUN
glass
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At the garage where he bought petrol they offered him a complimentary sherry glass because he had bought more than thirty litres.
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On the back seat the two sherry glasses clinked as Rufus took a left turn rather too sharply.
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Lydia was twirling her sherry glass and peering into it thoughtfully.
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Bertie: Yes, by Jove, it shattered my sherry glass .
vinegar
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Mix the lemon juice with the sherry vinegar and olive oil and season well.
■ VERB
drink
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So she economized by drinking cheap cooking sherry .
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He drank his sherry from long glasses, diluted with water.
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They got to their feet, drank their sherry , smiling a lot, and never went near each other again.
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As Adam said, none of them drank sherry and he didn't know anyone under fifty who did.
pour
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Harriet pushed back the whisky bottle and poured out two sherries .
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Gradually pour in the sherry and stock and cook, stirring, until thickened.
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She poured the dark sherry into the glasses, and looked sternly at Franca.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
dry wine/sherry etc
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A separate sauce is made by sauteing the duck liver with shallots, carrots, herbs, and dry sherry.
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A wonderful pale gold colour we felt it tasted a bit like a dry sherry.
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In dry wines no sugar is left after fermentation.
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Lindauer Brut £7.49 Made from the Pinot and Chardonnay grape this dry wine had a light golden colour.
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Order large glass of dry sherry and feel its warmth penetrate toes, making up for rather painful new shoes.
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The flavour should be almost viscous for a white wine, rich and succulent for a supposedly dry wine.
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This crisp, dry wine is a steal at $ 9.
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This is the dry sherry end of the appointments business.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Add gin and sherry and carefully ignite.
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As a result of these processes, madeira wine gained qualities which made it a rival of port and sherry .
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He's off abroad or swigging sherry in some London drawing-room.
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He accepted them without noticing them or where he was, because of the naturalness of it and the sherry on top of shock.
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Old Crumwallis said I could have a glass of sherry .
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This sherry treatment is not merely for VIPs.
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This particular whisky is aged in oak barrels used previously for sherry .
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Well, I shall have a small sherry .