Pearler
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Australian: something impressive, extraordinary or remarkable; a prime or [unsurpassed] example of something. Similar to a [humdinger] or a [ripper].
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[Pearler] is a word that in [Australian slang] can be [taken] to mean good, or great.
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A beauty, a winner.
Presumably one may exclaim this when an oyster is cracked open [shucked] to reveal a pearl within its manky outter shell. In the similar fashion [eureka] was yelled when someone found gold, so that everyone in the area knew where to run towards, most likely to shoot the proclaimer, and pinch the [gold nugget].
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