2. Noun. teeth; pearly whites. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pearlies
1. pearly [n] - See also: pearly
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pearlies
Literary usage of Pearlies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary, Historical and by John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley (1902)
"Oh! why are your pearlies so bright, bleary Bill ? 1892. ... Me in my pearlies
felt a toff that day. 1900. Daily Mail, 23 Mar., 4, 5. ..."
2. The Windsor Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly for Men and Women (1895)
"He wears a blue and white jersey, and his brown waistcoat and trousers are
gorgeously decorated with "pearlies." There with crosses and stars made of the ..."
3. Annual Report by New Jersey Civil Service Commission (1908)
"... NY, from the ]>oints and at the rates named below: from. To Rochester. In cunts
per 100 pounds. On Apples On On am! 1'ears. Plums. pearlies. ..."
4. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1895)
"... booksellers—if I may so call those who were booksellers only in that they sold
books, but who had as little knowledge as the gentleman in ' ' pearlies," ..."
5. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1898)
"... her last of small-and- earlies, To hear the Coster-King complete in pearlies.
Are these ephemeral trifles? No such They have an almost elemental ring ! ..."
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