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View synonyms for pearly white

pearly white

noun

  1. white and lustrous as a pearl.
  2. pearly whites, Slang. teeth.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of pearly white1

First recorded in 1890–95
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Example Sentences

It crystallises in pearly white plates, which are odourless and almost tasteless.

The external membrane is thin, smooth, and generally colourless, or of a pearly white.

The missing colour, yellow, should not be flaunted against her carnations and azure and pearly white.

How pearly-white her face was against her black hair under her fur toque, and how her eyes spoke!

She was dressed to-night in a filmy vesture of opalescent or pearly white, partly diaphanous, and having a deep fringe of gold.

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