washing sherry en · NOUN
Etymology
Alteration of the more neutral cooking sherry
Meanings
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(derogatory, humorous, uncountable) Cheap, inferior sherry.
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[…]
1971, Philip Larkin, Vers de Société:A couple of literary luncheons went sugar-tipsy to their heads, like the washing sherry served before those luncheons[…]
1945, Dylan Thomas, Quite Early One Morning: