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Pearl River

noun

A river in southeast China that flows into the South China Sea. Synonyms: Canton River, Chu Kiang, Zhu Jiang.

A river in Mississippi that flows southward to the Gulf of Mexico.

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"Pearl River" Quotes from Famous Books

... in all dressed up—shining boots—everything first chop, when the swearin' 's to be done. You oughter see, now," said Marks, in a glow of professional pride, "how I can tone it off. One day, I'm Mr. Twickem, from New Orleans; 'nother day, I'm just come from my plantation on Pearl river, where I works seven hundred niggers; then, again, I come out a distant relation of Henry Clay, or some old cock in Kentuck. Talents is different, you know. Now, Tom's roarer when there's any thumping or fighting to be done; but at lying he an't ...

— Uncle Tom's Cabin • Harriet Beecher Stowe

Words linked to "Pearl River" : river, Mississippi, ms, china, Red China, Cathay, mainland China, PRC, Magnolia State, Communist China, People's Republic of China