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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

pearl·y / ˈpərlē/ • adj. (pearl·i·er , pearl·i·est ) resembling a pearl in luster or color: the pearly light of a clear, still dawn. ∎ containing or adorned with pearls or mother-of-pearl. PHRASES: pearly whites inf. a person's teeth.DERIVATIVES: pearl·i·ness / -lēnis/ n.

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A Dictionary of Earth Sciences | 1999 | | Copyright

pearly Of mineral lustre, milky, translucent, like a pearl.

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Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

pearly •Burghley, Burley, burly, curly, early, girlie, hurley, hurly-burly, pearly, Shirley, surly, swirly, twirly •worldly • Berkeley • termly • earthly

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