mabe pearl

[ meyb, mah-bee ]

/ meɪb, ˈmɑ bi /

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noun

a smooth cultured pearl cultivated in a hemispherical shape so that it has one flat and one convex surface.

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But Ruby Pearl kept order, and the more responsibility she took the more Spahn relied upon her.
Gay Talese on Charlie Manson’s Home on the Range|Gay Talese|October 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In the last few years, however, Spahn gradually began to notice changes in Ruby Pearl.
Gay Talese on Charlie Manson’s Home on the Range|Gay Talese|October 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
What was America supposed to do after Pearl Harbor, put the keys to the Golden Gate in an airmail envelope and send them to Tojo?
Up To A Point: What We Really Need Is a Nobel War Prize|P. J. O’Rourke|October 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In 1882, the Pearl Street station, in lower Manhattan, went on line, with 59 customers – mostly businesses and factories.
From Edison to Jobs|The Daily Beast|September 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST

But after Pearl Harbor there was no longer a case for special pleading.
Blood and War: The Hard Truth About ‘Boots on the Ground’|Clive Irving|September 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
"The Seorita is a pearl of prudence and discretion: do whatever she desired you," said Alphonse.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846|Various
I must admit that there is some excuse for you; the pearl of Andalusia is undoubtedly ravissante.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846|Various
It must have been the window-panes, for he was anxious to get the most beautiful mother-of-pearl he could find.
Alila, Our Little Philippine Cousin|Mary Hazelton Wade
He knows the whole piano literature, and is continually fishing up some new or old pearl or other to surprise one with.
Music-Study in Germany|Amy Fay
The wind-blown rain-makers lost their leaden hue and became a soft pearl-gray, all fleecy white around the edges.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair