pearly

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1. pearly - Noun

2. pearly - Adjective

3. pearly - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Containing pearls; abounding with, or yielding, pearls; as, pearly shells.

Resembling pearl or pearls; clear; pure; transparent; iridescent; as, the pearly dew or flood.

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I've always said when I die and if I do get to the pearly gates and St. Peter says, what have you done to deserve entry, I'd ask him if he'd saw my Lina Horn piece. It's always been a favorite of mine. Ed Bradley

Into the sunset's turquoise marge The moon dips, like a pearly barge; Enchantment sails through magic seas, To fairyland Hesperides, Over the hills and away. Madison Cawein

Alone I walked on the ocean strand, A pearly shell was in my hand; I stooped, and wrote upon the sand My name, the year, the day. As onward from the sport I passed, One lingering look behind I cast, A wave came rolling high and fast, And washed my lines away. Hannah Flagg Gould

But I have sinuous shells of pearly hue... Shake one, and it awakens; then apply Its polished lips to your attentive ear, And it remembers its august abodes, And murmurs as the ocean murmurs there. Walter Savage Landor

Decay and disease are often beautiful, like the pearly tear of the shellfish and the hectic glow of consumption. Henry David Thoreau

A man can be drawn across the room with the simplicity of a smile. That's why your pearly whites should always be straight and shiny. I think most of my clients are drawn to a fun, flirty nature in a woman. The problem is, most women do not often feel fun and flirty. Patti Stanger

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