After a while the Pearler seemed to recollect business elsewhere; he drank up his liquor, and went out, leaving us together.
Sullenly the ex-pearler obeyed, and the natives, plying their paddles to the accompaniment of a mournful chant, soon increased the distance between them and the almost becalmed yawl.
Mr. McKay's opinion of the ex-pearler was undergoing a change.
He quite realised that the ex-pearler was trying to pump him, while, on the other hand, he was equally determined to conceal the fact that he and his companions were on the island through shipwreck.
We shall see," replied Mr. McKay quietly, for he had no desire to enlighten the ex-pearler upon the subject of the motor.
The ex-pearler realised that the exclamation was a weak expression of regret, and hastened to explain.
That comes o' being so mighty particular," retorted the ex-pearler bluntly.
Here the body of the ex-pearler was laid to rest, Mr. McKay recited a few prayers, and the earth was heaped over the corpse, a pile of heavy stones being placed over the grave to mark the spot.
Now when a pearler engaged a crew of native divers there in those days, he had to deposit beforehand with the Dutch Government a certain sum for each man entering his service, this money being a guarantee that the man would get his wages.
Although I describe him as a Dutch pearler I am somewhat uncertain as to his exact nationality.
The pearler of the present day is a Briton in every sense of the word, and takes great care to impress that fact upon all who visit his domain.
Pearling is chiefly carried on in what are termed "proved grounds"; but if a good haul be made at any time the pearler is not averse to prospecting for new grounds (waters).
In the old days, at Cossack, I had heard an old pearler speak of a wonderful bay where there was heaps of shell that had never been touched.
He'll need a shoe spoon to get inside or by the Sulu fleets, since the oyster has been pretty well neglected these five years, and every official pearler will be hiking down there.
The ordinary pearler would have discovered it only by the greatest good luck.
A fellow I just remember, whom they called Pearler Harry, brought her out first into these parts--from Australia, I believe.
And she had recognised him from that time when Davidson, who had been pearling himself in his youth, had been associating with Harry the Pearler and others, the quietest of a rather rowdy set.
Davidson mentioned to her that Harry the Pearler had been dead now for some years.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "pearler" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
