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had been pearling
  • past perfect progressive of pearl.

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And she had recognised him from that time when Davidson, who had been pearling himself in his youth, had been associating with Harry the Pearler and others, the quietest of a rather rowdy set.

From Within the Tides by Conrad, Joseph

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