noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be dripping with jewels/gems/pearls etc
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All the princes were dripping with gems.
cultured pearl
imitation fur/pearls/silk/leather etc (= something that looks like an expensive material but is a copy of it )
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an imitation fur coat
pearl barley
pearl/gold/diamond etc necklace
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She was wearing a coral necklace.
seed pearl
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
black
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Jewels to match the colour of their eyes, or their hair, or their skin. Black pearls .
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She is wearing a black dress and pearls , and a stole is strewn on the front seat.
tiny
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Night after night they sat in the kitchen, adding frills of lace and clusters of tiny artificial pearls .
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She was wearing peach silk camiknickers with tiny pearl buttons and trimmed with peach lace.
■ NOUN
earring
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What use are pearl earrings to you?
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I loved the pointy beard and razor-sharp eyes, the pearl earring fixed in his left lobe.
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It was a pair of pearl earrings .
necklace
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A pearl necklace had broken and two liveried servants scrabbled on hands and knees to retrieve the jewels.
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It's as if somebody put June Cleaver's pearl necklace and apron on Madonna.
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In her most notorious photographs she wears only her triple-string pearl necklace .
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Anne's pearl necklace adorned her throat, and her gold ring the third finger of Joan's left hand.
onion
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Meanwhile, in another small saucepan, combine pearl onions and sugar with water to cover barely.
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Peel the pearl onions , but leave the root largely intact so the onions hold together.
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Add pearl onions and currants and simmer until partridge is very tender, about 30 minutes longer.
seed
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She shall go all in grey and you shall lend her your seed pearls .
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He bought her a ring, with little seed pearls and a sapphire.
■ VERB
find
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Each time, count how many wild-type adults you find and how many pearl eye adults.
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All I know is that I never before found a pearl , while tonight all but two mussels have them.
wear
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They were slim, pale and elegant, and she wore colourless or pearl nail varnish.
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All the bridesmaids carried posies of spring flowers, and wore antique pearl and gold necklaces and bracelets.
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Blue suited her and she'd worn her pearl and diamond brooch because he wanted everyone to see it.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a rope of pearls
string of pearls/lights/beads etc
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A string of lights on the prom Dancing mad in the storm Who lives in such a place?
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A string of pearls was around her neck, and the bones of her right hand clutched a Bible.
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Beads can choke babies if swallowed, and long strings of beads can also half-strangle older children.
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Careful inspection of the image showed what looked like a string of pearls embedded in a bright haze.
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There was a cavity beneath with a string of pearls in it.
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When the harbor across the bay becomes a string of lights, foghorns take up the bass.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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pearl buttons
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Pearls of dew sparkled on the grass.
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a pearl -colored dress
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a pearl of a wife
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a string of pearls
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He noticed she was wearing a string of cheap pearls about her neck.
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If their complexion was their most celebrated feature, then perhaps a long necklace of perfect pearls.
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Island craftsmen make everything from leather goods and raffia to local pottery and beautiful hand-made jewellery using the famous Majorcan pearls.
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The sight of those fracturing red pearls comforted Gao Ma.
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You show me a tweed-skirted twinset and pearl wearer, and I guarantee there's a scarlet bustier pulsating beneath.