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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A person who dives in search of mollusks containing pearls.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who dives for pearl-oysters.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A person who
dives forpearls . - noun slang A
dishwasher (person).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a diver who searches for molluscs containing pearls
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