pearly queen
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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It is as Cockney as a Pearly Queen in a three-wheeler Del Boy van.
From BBC
Doreen Golding, 83, the Pearly Queen of Bow Bells and the Old Kent Road, shouted to the group as she led the way to the church vestry.
From New York Times
His wife, Kim, 66, is a Pearly Queen and his daughter and grandchildren take part in fund-raising events, as well, under the title of Pearly Princesses and Princes.
From New York Times
Diane Gould, the Pearly Queen of St. Pancras herself, weighs in—and shares a bit of cockney rhyming slang and history.
From Slate
Slate asked Diane Gould, the “Pearly Queen of St. Pancras,” to weigh in, and got a lesson in London’s working-class culture and a demonstration of proper cockney rhyming slang to boot.
From Slate
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