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• Buck, Pearl S.
  1. (1892-1973) a US writer who lived for many years in China until 1931 and wrote several novels about that country. She won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1938.
• Pearl Bailey (noun)
  1. 1918-1990 united States singer
• Pearl Buck (noun)
  1. 1892-1973 united States author whose novels drew on her experiences as a missionary in China
• Pearl Harbor
  1. an important US naval base in Hawaii, which was suddenly attacked by Japanese planes in December 1941. Many warships were destroyed or damaged, and this caused great shock and anger in the US, and made the US start fighting in World War II.
• Pearl Mae Bailey (noun)
  1. 1918-1990 united States singer
• Pearl River (noun)
  1. a river in southeast China that flows into the South China Sea
  2. a river in Mississippi that flows southward to the Gulf of Mexico
• Pearl Sydenstricker Buck (noun)
  1. 1892-1973 united States author whose novels drew on her experiences as a missionary in China
• White, Pearl
  1. (1889-1938) a US actress who worked in silent films . She is famous as the girl who was always left in a dangerous situation at the end of each part of several cinema SERIAL s, for example being tied to a railway line by the VILLAIN when a train is coming.
• cultured pearl (noun)
  1. a PEARL that has been grown artificially
• mother-of-pearl (noun)
  1. a pale-coloured hard smooth shiny substance that forms the inside of some SHELLFISH, and is used for making buttons, jewellery etc
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