pearly
Of a pale greyish white colour, tinted with blue.
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At the Pearly Gates: Me: Lord, why didn’t you answer my cry for help? God: I did, my child Me: Wait, there was no death comet God: Me: Oh shit is was a hantavirus boat wasn’t it God: Next please
“The first stab of love is like a sunset, a blaze of color -- oranges, pearly pinks, vibrant purples...” ~Anna Godbersen #love #sunset #watercolor #art
It is not a mayor rather than a pearly queen? It reminds me of Trumpton or Camberwick Green; though what the peacock is doing there is beyond me.
7. Top - Reverse Cowboy, Folded Deck Chair, Bully and Bent Spoons Bottom - Pearly gates, Reverse suspended Congress, Mating Press and Deep Impact.
Cool postbox topper in Warwick but I really can’t work out the theme. There’s a nurse, pearly queen, peacock and some kind of scout (?).
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Of a pale greyish white colour, tinted with blue.
a pearly lustre
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(countable, British, slang, especially in plural) A tooth.
Pearly is that silky and often coloured lustre which renders of such value
“It is not a mayor rather than a pearly queen? It reminds me of Trumpton or Camberwick Green; though what the peacock is doing there is beyond me.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“7. Top - Reverse Cowboy, Folded Deck Chair, Bully and Bent Spoons Bottom - Pearly gates, Reverse suspended Congress, Mating Press and Deep Impact.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Cool postbox topper in Warwick but I really can’t work out the theme. There’s a nurse, pearly queen, peacock and some kind of scout (?).”
— Bluesky· May 2026“And to my dear brother, I'd love to say that we'll meet again soon, but I fear that you are behind the safety of the pearly gates. In our next life, I promise I'll be a better little sister for you.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(uncountable, uncommon, dated) A pale greyish white colour, tinted with blue.
In nature we as often find the light cool as warm; also in the pictures of many of the Flemish and Dutch schools, where, as Sir Joshua himself mentions, " the silver gray or pearly is predominant, and are valued by the connoisseurs in pr…
“At the Pearly Gates: Me: Lord, why didn’t you answer my cry for help? God: I did, my child Me: Wait, there was no death comet God: Me: Oh shit is was a hantavirus boat wasn’t it God: Next please”
— Bluesky· May 2026““The first stab of love is like a sunset, a blaze of color -- oranges, pearly pinks, vibrant purples...” ~Anna Godbersen #love #sunset #watercolor #art”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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