pearl-dive
/ˈpəːlˌdʌɪv/slang
verb
1 [no object] Originally and chiefly US. To wash dishes in a cafe or restaurant.
2 [no object] Surfing. = pearl.
Origin
1930s; earliest use found in John Dos Passos (1896–1970), writer. From pearl + dive, after pearl diver, pearl diving.
- concert music
- concerto
- concerto grosso
- concert overture
- concert party
- concert performance
- concert pianist
- concert piece
- concert pitch
- concert room
- concert-style
- concert version
- concessible
- concession
- concessionaire
- prairie value
- prairie vole
- prairie wagon
- prairie warbler
- prairie wolf
- prairie wool
- prairillon
- prairion
- praisable
- praisably