pearly queen
noun [ C ] UK uk/ˌpɜː.li ˈkwiːn/ us/ˌpɝː.li ˈkwiːn/
珠母纽后（伦敦的一项传统，获授权身穿缀满珠母纽扣服装，为慈善机构收集捐款的女子）
a woman from London who has the right to dress in special black clothes covered with pearl buttons, in order to collect money for charity
They went to the fancy dress party dressed as a pearly king and queen. 他们扮成珠母纽王和珠母纽后去参加化妆晚会。
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- Pearly queens gather at East London's Mile End Park.
- Like her mother before her, she was a pearly queen.
- Aunt Edie was a natural bringer of good cheer and accordingly a natural pearly queen.