washing sherry
English
Noun
washing sherry (uncountable)
- (humorous, derogatory) Cheap 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 […]
- 1945, Dylan Thomas, Quite Early One Morning