单词 | cooking sherry |
释义 | > as lemmascooking sherry cooking sherry n. low-quality sherry, typically containing salt and other preservatives, designed to be used as an ingredient in cooking; frequently used allusively and humorously with reference to its intoxicating properties. ΚΠ 1868 Evening Bull. (San Francisco) 23 Mar. (advt.) Whiting & Berry's ‘Cooking Sherry’. 1897 J. K. Bangs Paste Jewels 64 ‘Had she been at the cooking-sherry?’ asked Bessie. 1939 A. L. Simon Conc. Encycl. Gastron. I. 4/1 A sweet sauce usually made with apricot jam, a little flour and some ‘cooking sherry’. 2012 S. Woods Unnatural Acts xxxviii. 234 When Stone got back to his office he found Marla, Joan, and Allison sitting in his office, giggling. ‘Did you ladies get into the cooking sherry?’ he asked. < as lemmas |
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