pearly

(pûr'lē)
adj., -i·er, -i·est.

1. Resembling pearls.
2. Covered or decorated with pearls or mother-of-pearl.

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pearly (pearly king) rhymes with [offensive] ring
anus: my pearly was on fire after that ruby

A pearly king is a London costermonger who wears a traditional costume covered with pearl buttons.

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noun
noun, musicians'

1: pl. Teeth. See sense 3 below. (1914 —) .
T. Pynchon Secretaries...shiver with the winter cold...their typewriter keys chattering as their pearlies (1973).

2: the pearlies An uncontrollable nervous shaking of the bowing arm sometimes experienced by violinists, etc. before a performance. Cf. yips noun. (1960 —) . adjective

3: pearly whites teeth. (1935 —) .

[In sense 2, perh. shortened from unrecorded pearly whites (= frights).]

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See words rhyming with "pearly."

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - perleagtig, perlesmykket
n. - dragt med store perlemorsknapper

Nederlands (Dutch)
parelachtig, bepareld, paarlen/ paarlemoeren, zeer kostbaar, tanden (spreektaal), (mv) beparelde klederdracht van Londense marktkramer, (mv) Londense marktkramers in beparelde klederdracht

Français (French)
adj. - nacré, en ou de nacre
n. - marchand/-de des quatre saisons de l'est londonien en costume à boutons nacrés

Deutsch (German)
n. - Londoner Straßenhändler, mit Perlmuttknöpfen bestickte Kleider, (Slang) Zähne
adj. - perlmuttern

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - πλανόδιος πωλητής του Λονδίνου με ρούχα διακοσμημένα με φιλντισένια κουμπιά
adj. - μαργαριταρένιος, μαργαριτοειδής

Italiano (Italian)
perlaceo, ornato di perle, abito con bottoni di perle

Português (Portuguese)
n. - perlado (m)
adj. - perlado, perolífero, precioso

Русский (Russian)
жемчужный, расшитый жемчугом

Español (Spanish)
adj. - nacarado, perlino, de perla, color perla
n. - traje tradicional de vendedores ambulantes en Londres

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - gatuförsäljare i London, tänder (sl.)
adj. - pärlliknande, pärlskimrande

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
珍珠似的, 用珍珠装饰的, 缀满珠母钮的传统服装, 穿缀满珠母钮节日盛装的伦敦小贩, 珠母钮

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 珍珠似的, 用珍珠裝飾的
n. - 綴滿珠母鈕的傳統服裝, 穿綴滿珠母鈕節日盛裝的倫敦小販, 珠母鈕

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 진주의(같은), 진주로 장식한
n. - 진주 조개로 된 단추가 달린 의복

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 真珠のような, 真珠で飾った

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) لؤلئي : بشرة أسنان (صفه) شبيه باللؤلؤ, صدفي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מקושט בפנינים, פניני, זוהר‬
n. - ‮אנשי מלכות זוהרים, בגדי מלכות זוהרים, כפתורי פנינים, שיניים (מדוברת)‬

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