power pearls
n.pl.— «Style setter Nancy Pelosi reinvents the importance of a signature piece, coining the term “power pearls” with her multi-colored South Sea and Tahitian Pearls strand.» —“The Allure of the Pearl for Spring 2007″ WLS-TV (Chicago, Illinois) Mar. 22, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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