washing sherry

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Noun[edit]

washing sherry (uncountable)

  1. (humorous, derogatory) Cheap, inferior sherry.
    • 1945, Dylan Thomas, Quite Early One Morning:
      A couple of literary luncheons went sugar-tipsy to their heads, like the washing sherry served before those luncheons […]
    • 1971, Philip Larkin, Vers de Société:
      I could spend half my evenings, if I wanted, / Holding a glass of washing sherry, canted / Over to catch the drivel of some bitch / Who's read nothing but Which […]
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