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Definition of Pearl diver
1. Noun. A diver who searches for molluscs containing pearls.
Definition of Pearl diver
1. Noun. A person who dives for pearls. ¹
2. Noun. (slang) A dishwasher (person). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pearl Diver
Literary usage of Pearl diver
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Imperial Gazetteer of India by William Wilson Hunter (1886)
"the pearl - diver's operations are exceedingly simple ; consisting of a stone,
about 30 pounds in weight, to accelerate the rapidity of his descent; ..."
2. Underground: Or, Life Below the Surface. Incidents and Accidents Beyond the by Thomas Wallace Knox (1876)
"A pearl diver AND A SHARK. — A NARROW ESCAPE. — STRATEGY IN THE WATER. To go
under the water is pretty nearly as difficult as to go under the earth. ..."
3. In the Strange South Seas by Beatrice Ethel Grimshaw (1908)
"CHAPTER XII Pearl-fishing at Penrhyn—The Beautiful Golden-Edge—Perils of the
pearl diver—A Fight for Life—Visit to a Leper Island—A God-forsaken Place—How ..."
4. The Religious Souvenir: A Christmas, New Year's and Birth Day Present (1834)
"... THE pearl diver. I GO to risk, for a muscle's shell, The worth of my mortal
breath; To take the life in his quiet cell, I plunge to the gates of death. ..."
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