pearl necklace

See also: pearl-necklace

English

Alternative forms

• pearl-necklace

Pronunciation

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Noun

pearl necklace (plural pearl necklaces)

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pearl,‎ necklace.
   • 1749, [John Cleland], “(Please specify the letter or volume)”, in Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure [Fanny Hill], London: […] [Thomas Parker] for G. Fenton [i.e., Fenton and Ralph Griffiths] […], →OCLC:

     Silks, laces, ear-rings, pearl-necklace, gold watch, in short, all the trinkets and articles of dress were lavishly heap'd upon me

2. (vulgar, slang) A sexual act whereby semen is ejaculated onto a partner's upper chest, breasts and/or throat.
   • 2002 August 4, Julie Rottenberg, Elisa Zuritsky, “Luck Be an Old Lady”, in Sex and the City, season 5, episode 3, spoken by Samantha:

     Actually, we're talking about the other kind of pearl necklace. You know, when a guy decorates your neck.

   • 2012, Gavin McInnes, How to Piss in Public: From Teenage Rebellion to the Hangover of Adulthood, page 149:

     I decided not to push it and pulled things back a smidge by positioning her on her back next to the sink and drilling her like a fucking jackhammer until I felt that telling tingle and it was time to give her eyes a pearl necklace.

   • 2016, Helena Hunting, Jessica Royer Ocken, Pucked Over‎^[1]:

     “So, like, do you mean he hasn't come in your mouth? Is he more of a pearl necklace kind of guy? ... “You know what a pearl necklace is, right?”

   • 2017, Gemma Stone, The Sessions‎^[2]:

     He whispered in her ear, “Good morning, slave. I love morning sex. This morning, I'm going to fuck these amazing tits and give you a lovely pearl necklace.”

Translations

necklace made of pearls

• Arabic: عِقْد لُؤْلُؤ m (ʕiqd luʔluʔ), قِلَادَة لُؤْلُؤ f (qilāda luʔluʔ)
• Belarusian: жамчу́жныя кара́лі m pl (žamčúžnyja karáli)
• Catalan: collaret de perles m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 珍珠項鏈 / 珍珠项链 (zhēnzhū xiàngliàn)

• Czech: perlový náhrdelník m
• Danish: perlehalskæde c
• Dutch: parelketting (nl) m or f, parelsnoer (nl) n
• Esperanto: perlokoliero
• Faroese: perluband n
• Finnish: helminauha (fi)
• French: collier de perles (fr) m
• German: Perlenkette (de) f, Perlenhalsband n
• Greek: μαργαριταρένιο περιδέραιο n (margaritarénio peridéraio)
• Hungarian: gyöngysor (hu)
• Ido: perlokoliaro (io)
• Italian: collana di perle f
• Japanese: 真珠のネックレス (shinju no nekkuresu), 真珠の首飾り (shinju no kubikazari)
• Korean: 진주 목걸이 (jinju mokgeori)
• Malayalam: മുത്തുമാല (ml) (muttumāla)
• Mongolian: сувдан зүүлт (suvdan züült)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: perlekjede n

  Nynorsk: perlekjede n

• Persian: گردنبند مروارید (gardanband-e morvârid)
• Polish: sznur pereł m, perłowy naszyjnik m
• Portuguese: colar de pérolas m
• Romanian: șirag de perle n
• Russian: жемчу́жное ожере́лье (ru) n (žemčúžnoje ožerélʹje)
• Spanish: collar de perlas m
• Swedish: pärlhalsband (sv) n
• Telugu: ముక్తావళి (te) (muktāvaḷi), ముత్యాలహారము (mutyālahāramu)
• Thai: สร้อยคอไข่มุก (sɔ̂ɔi-kɔɔ kài-múk)
• Turkish: inci kolye
• Ukrainian: перло́ве нами́сто n (perlóve namýsto)

Further reading

• Eric Partridge (2005) “pearl necklace”, in Tom Dalzell and Terry Victor, editors, The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, volume 2 (J–Z), London, New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, page 1455.