perle
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of perle
1885–90; < French: literally, pearl
Example Sentences
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Her long loose yellow locks lyke golden wyre, Sprinckled with perle, and perling flowres atweene, Doe lyke a golden mantle her attyre, 156 And, being crowned with a girland greene, Seem lyke some mayden queene.
From The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume 5 by Spenser, Edmund
In which places is greate plentie of golde, perle, and precious stones.
From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation. Vol. XIII. America. Part II. by Hakluyt, Richard
"Tell her to knock off blanc de perle," responds Miss Henderson, "she would be twice as good-looking."
From When the Birds Begin to Sing by Piffard, Harold
See La perle incomparable ou l'art du parfait courtisane de Abdallah ibn al-Muqaffa, 1906.
From Iranian Influence on Moslem Literature, Part I by Nariman, G. K. (Gushtaspshah Kaikhushro)
Rosalie Berton was the belle of S——, or to borrow the far prettier French phrase, she was "la perle de ville."
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 266, July 28, 1827 by Various
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