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Definition of Pearling
1. pearl [v] - See also: pearl
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pearling
Literary usage of Pearling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Australind; Wanderings in Western Australia and the Malay East by Henry Taunton (1903)
"... The pearling Fleet—Good News—A Day's Shelling—A hard Life. "VTEXT day we got
under way for King's Sound, where -ll the previous year a large quantity of ..."
2. Australind: Wanderings in Western Australia and the Malay East by Henry Taunton (1903)
"... got under way for King's Sound, where -ii the previous year a large quantity
of shells had been found, and where we expected to find the pearling fleet. ..."
3. Cassell's Picturesque Australasia by Edward Ellis Morris (1889)
"/COSSACK, the chief port of the north-west of ^-// Western Australia, and the
seat of the pearling industry, is 1200 miles from Perth, and is known also as ..."
4. Cassell's Picturesque Australasia by Edward Ellis Morris (1880)
"Cossack—The pearling Industry—Roebourne—The Southern Cross Pearl—Mr. Forrest's
Exploring Expedition—A Boom—Derby—Wyndham—A Test of Civilisation—The ..."
5. Golden Stories: A Selection of the Best Fiction by the Foremost Writersby Short Stories Company by Short Stories Company (1909)
"The race for possession of the new pearling ground had been swift and bitter.
... Judicious holders of pearling licenses had abandoned the race immediately ..."
6. The Trooper Police of Australia: A Record of Mounted Police Work in the by Arthur Lincoln Haydon (1911)
"... GOLDFIELDS AND pearling STATIONS The Southern Cross discovery—" Bayley's
Reward "—The rush to Cool- gardie—On the road—Inspector McKenna—Scarcity of ..."
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