Xeres
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Figures obtained by the BBC revealed Operation Daybreak has now received 391 separate allegations, while another 223 complaints have been made to Operation Xeres.
From BBC • Jun. 19, 2016
But Teresa would suffer no hands but her own to have the honour of bearing the goblet of gold, filled with the wine of Xeres.
From The Spanish Cavalier A Story of Seville by A. L. O. E.
In exchange for his lenten ration of bacallao, the Spaniard sends his fruits and Xeres, the Portuguese his racy port, the Italian his Florence oil and Naples maccaroni.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 by Various
Xeres, Jonah ben Jacob, was a native of North Africa, where he came in contact with English Christian merchants and learned the truth as it is in Jesus from them.
From Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ by B.D.
It was very good water, but not Canario or Xeres.
From The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse by Reid, Mayne
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